The best way to avoid perspective distortion is to shoot at the level of your subject (eye level, for instance) and keep the lens barrel parallel to the ground. It also took me a long time (for some reason) to realize that I needed to concentrate on making sure the horizon of the shot is truly level (if that's the effect I was going for, of course). If you want to straighten the horizon in post production you'll lose the edges of the image, which, in my opinion, is the best part of a wide angle shot!
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