Quinnipiac University is building a brandy new sports complex. Placed right in front, of the basketball venue is a 200x life size Bronze Bobcat, (the University's mascot), with a decidedly oriental look about it. What I found interesting is the fact that this affords the approaching visitor a mouse eye view of a large feline. I tried to capture this disquieting thought with a few shots using the smcp 17mm Fisheye. I wasn't really happy with the distortion so I "defished" the image. I still wasn't happy with it, (different kind of distortion), so I corrected perspective. I'm still not really happy with it but here it is anyway, a GESO because I decided to post all three versions and let the viewer choose what they like best. Well with out further ado, Jerry's view of Tom...
http://www.mindspring.com/~distilfink/bigbronzecat/gallerybigbronzecat.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax 17mm f4.0 fisheye As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
