The distortion in Lartigue's photograph is indeed an effect of a large, slow moving focal plane shutter slit and a moving subject. Note that it is nearly on-axis with the lens center. This is very different from the wide-angle perspective distortion of the tires in my photo...
Godfrey "What we see through a lens is not reality, it is more real than that." On Apr 18, 2007, at 8:50 AM, mike wilson wrote: > Maybe he's been looking at Lartigue. 8-) > http://www.masters-of-photography.com/L/lartigue/ > lartigue_car_trip.html > An effect of the focal plane shutter, I believe. > >> What's with the elliptical shape of the truck's rear wheels? > >>> http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/19b.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
