frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From my first roll with the Zenitar 2.8 16mm fisheye: > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3087932&size=lg
You know, when I first saw the subject line I thought "Hey, Frank's been to the optometrist!" Then I realized what you meant by "fisheye contacts. How disappointing :) >They're scanned from the contact sheet, so of course they're blurry - >even moreso than usual for me <g>. > >What a fun lens! Fun photos. And I don't usually go for fisheye stuff. >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. Yep, that was my pick. >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>. Here in Pittsburgh we have a genuine Philip Johnson building (the PPG tower). -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
