WebClient or WebRequest to get the re-directed URL of the landing page - vb.net

Question

From the string I parsed from Bing's Pic of the Day, I got the info of the pic to be downloaded, let's say today it is /az/hprichbg/rb/PearlHarborWindows_EN-US8565186567, then we will have full URL of the image be like http://www.bing.com/az/hprichbg/rb/PearlHarborWindows_EN-US8565186567_1366x768.jpg
Usually Bing has an image of higher resolutions, so I will download the image 1920x1200 too. It's easy with the URL changed to be like http://www.bing.com/az/hprichbg/rb/PearlHarborWindows_EN-US8565186567_1920x1200.jpg, then give the task to a WebClient such as client1.DownloadFile(url, fileName)
The issue here is, some days, the resolution 1920x1200 is not available, and the download URL of this res.(1920x1200) will be re-directed to the URL of the image /sa/simg/hpb/NorthMale_EN-US8782628354_1920x1200.jpg - as default (you can check it).
So my try was a function to get the return/re-directed URL from the input URL:
Public Function GetWebPageURL(ByVal url As String) As String
Dim Request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(url)
Request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
Return Request.RequestUri.ToString
End Function
and compare to the input URL to see it they are different, but the result was not as expected.
Could anyone let me know the method to check this re-directed URL, like the return URL after we press Enter and wait for the site to load.
Please give me idea to overcome this obstacle. Thank you!
Notes: Some issues related to access rights on different PCs cause me not to use HttpWebRequest, so I prefer the solution not using HttpWebRequest (WebClient or others are better).
With help from #IvanValadares #AlenGenzić, and suggestion of Proxy for HttpWebRequest from #Jimi, I have come to the fair solution, as the below code:
url1 = "http://www.bing.com/az/hprichbg/rb/PearlHarborWindows_EN-US8565186567_1920x1200.jpg"
Dim myHttpWebRequest As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create(url1), HttpWebRequest)
myHttpWebRequest.MaximumAutomaticRedirections = 1
myHttpWebRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = True
Dim defaultProxy As IWebProxy = WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy
If (defaultProxy IsNot Nothing) Then
defaultProxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
myHttpWebRequest.Proxy = defaultProxy
End If
Dim myHttpWebResponse As HttpWebResponse = CType(myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse, HttpWebResponse)
url2 = myHttpWebResponse.ResponseUri.ToString
Label1.Text = url1
Label2.Text = url2

Answer 1

Use AllowAutoRedirect and check the StatusCode.
var webRequest = (HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create("http://www.bing.com/az/hprichbg/rb/PearlHarborWindows_EN-US8565186567_1920x1200.jpg");
webRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)webRequest.GetResponse())
{
if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Found)
{
// Have been redirect
}
else if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
// Have not been redirect
}
}
Using HttpClient
var handler = new HttpClientHandler()
{
AllowAutoRedirect = false
};
HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler);
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync("http://www.bing.com/az/hprichbg/rb/PearlHarborWindows_EN-US8565186567_1920x1200.jpg");
if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Found)
{
// Have been redirect
}
else if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
// Have not been redirect
}

Answer 2

With help from #IvanValadares #AlenGenzić, and suggestion of Proxy for HttpWebRequest from #Jimi, I have come to the fair solution as below:
url1 = "http://www.bing.com/az/hprichbg/rb/PearlHarborWindows_EN-US8565186567_1920x1200.jpg"
Dim myHttpWebRequest As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create(url1), HttpWebRequest)
myHttpWebRequest.MaximumAutomaticRedirections = 1
myHttpWebRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = True
Dim defaultProxy As IWebProxy = WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy
If (defaultProxy IsNot Nothing) Then
defaultProxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
myHttpWebRequest.Proxy = defaultProxy
End If
Dim myHttpWebResponse As HttpWebResponse = CType(myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse, HttpWebResponse)
url2 = myHttpWebResponse.ResponseUri.ToString
Label1.Text = url1
Label2.Text = url2
The System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication Required. is no longer thrown.