Ann, if we take the telephoto example, you will get pronounced compression that your eyes would not have given the scene.
If I stand on a chair above two people, the taller of who I place behind the shorter one, using a wide angle lens I can make them both look about the same size. I used this trick during a recent shoot. It's an optical distortion that my eye did not make but the lens/camera did. And their heads appear much bigger than their feet too. Not extreme distortions, but "unnatural" nonetheless. Our eyes have a 35mm equivalent focal length of around 50mm so any lens wider or longer than that is going to distort scenes compared to what your eyes see. On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruce - in all your examples, you are capturing something your eye can see > or did see without recording it with a camera... > > Not the same at all as using a fisheye - > which produces an image the human eye can't see - until > after the camera has captured it.. > > So perhaps not the best comparison to fisheye lens photos. > > I find the fish-eye distortion unpleasant - I don't mind distortion in art > in general, if the result is pleasing to look it. > > Using a wide angle lens too close to someone you are photographing, or > looking at yourself in a funhouse mirror also produces an unpleasing > distortion... but I never thought "making faces" was amusing either.. > but that's a digression. > > ann > > > > > > On 2/12/2015 20:51, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> Well, what's the point to shooting through raindropped glass? >> WTPT standing on a chair and shooting down on a small group? >> WTPT shooting a closeup of a marching band from a great distance with >> a telephoto? >> WTPT shooting a scene's reflection in a puddle? >> WTPT trying anything different? >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Have never grasp the point to such >>> mechanically produced distortion. >>> Jack >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Feb 12, 2015, at 4:17 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I don't see any point to that kind of shot.. It's a beautiful building, >>>> don't like seeing it distorted. >>>> >>>> ann >>>> >>>>> On 2/12/2015 01:57, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi All! >>>>> >>>>> Time-to-time I am experimenting with the Korean 8mm fisheye lens. >>>>> I've posted a few shots produced with that lens that I liked. >>>>> But sometimes I am not sure if the photo works or not. >>>>> Here is one of such shots: >>>>> http://42graphy.org/misc/Dresden_IR00794.jpg >>>>> >>>>> I would like to hear your honest opinion, if this shot works for you or >>>>> not. >>>>> (Other comments and suggestions are also welcome.) >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> >>>>> Igor >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
