PESO -- Circular Waterfall Revisited

[Peter J. Alling]

Some time ago I posted a  PAW of a dam in a local State Park using the 
SMC-Pentax 17mm f4.0 fisheye.  The results were fairly good and I 
decided to see if I could replicate the shot with my new Vemar 12mm.  
I've decided to post the original and the new version just in case 
anyone is interested in comparing them. 
As a side note both required some cropping to center up the dam, I have 
a very hard time shooting curved horizons and keeping them straight.  
(Yes I know that doesn't make much sense but I can't think of any better 
way to describe it). 

A few comments first.  The film didn't scan as well as I would have 
hoped and I had a bit of trouble getting the white balance neutral, I 
wasn't really able to and I've left it with a pinkish cast.  The *ist-D 
rendition seems to be a bit more neutral.  The other differences stem 
mostly from the lenses, the SMC Pentax is quite a bit sharper, and the 
image was captured at a higher shutter speed with a wider aperture, to 
get even close to the same sharpness from the Vemer I had to use it's 
minimum aperture which necessitated a somewhat longer shutter speed.  
Over all the softer rendition of the digital shot isn't particularly 
objectionable in this case.  Both underwent some post processing to 
minimize "noise" and a touch of USM are about the only actions taken, 
except for the attempt at color balance.

The Original:
http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_CircWater.html
Technical information:
Pentax LX @ 1/30sec  [Kodak ISO 400 Gold]
SMC-Pentax 17mm f4.0 @ f8.0.
Revisited:
http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_CircWaterRev.html
Technical information:
Pentax *ist-D ISO 400 @ 0.3sec
Vemar 12mm f8.0 @ f16.
At f16 the Color fringing is much less noticeable on the Vemar.
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