I told ya the fisheye is fun :) I literally walked with mine for a full day firing off frame after frame after frame.. the view of the world is just so different behind that type of lens :)
I like the streetcar shot myself too.. hurry up and get it scanned :) Cheers Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 8:02 PM > To: PDML > Subject: [pdml] PESO: Fisheye Contacts > > > >From my first roll with the Zenitar 2.8 16mm fisheye: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3087932&size=lg > > They're scanned from the contact sheet, so of course they're blurry - > even moreso than usual for me <g>. > > What a fun lens! > > Of course, there are the requisite, cliche "skyscrapers looming over > the photographer" shots, but hey, it's a new lens, so I have to do the > cliches, right? > > Actually, I think the girl stepping on the streetcar is pretty cool. > > And, FWIW, the two middle shots of the black buildings, that look > like a whole bunch of Seagram Buildings all together are the > Toronto-Dominion Centre, designed by Mr. Black Skyscaper himself, > Ludwig Meis van der Rohe. The image on the farthest left, the bottom > building is Commerce Court West, designed by I. M. Pei, the designer > of the twin towers of the original World Trade Center in New York. > Commerce Court is designed using the same semi-monocoque > stress-bearing skin as the WTC twin towers, so I hope no one hits it > with an airplane full of fuel (I'm not being humourous or > disrespectful, I really mean it). > > Anyway, enough architecture lessons for the day. You may comment on > these blurry contacts if you want <g>. > > cheers, > frank > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > >
