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ES December - Distortion

Postby Steffen on Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:36 am

Talk about killing off a good tradition...

After the fact that the October ES proposed by me didn't attract a single entry, and subsequently the ES November didn't happen, I decided I wouldn't have its blood on my hands, and will now try to kick it back to life again. Actually, I knew all along that it was the mods' fault for not sticky'ing the thread... :wink:

So here is the December exercise in style, titled distortion. What I'm after is any kind of distortion caused by extreme perspective or lens shortcomings or digital playfulness or other reasons that would normally be considered a flaw or bad manners, but works well for that particular image.

I'd like to offer this one to kick the thread off, a fish-eye shot that fits the description easily and conveniently, but represents by no means the only kind of distortion I had in mind...

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Postby macka on Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:28 am

Ah, I'd forgotten about the ES! Thank you for reviving it Steffen. Perhaps a mod will sticky this time? (Hint, hint :D )
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:59 pm

Thread stickied :lol:
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Postby sirhc55 on Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:40 pm

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Postby Glen on Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:45 pm

That is some distortion Chris, was it a Nikon lens? :lol:
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Postby Steffen on Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:02 pm

Very interesting, you've captured the sun twice in the same image...

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Postby sirhc55 on Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:07 pm

Yep Glen - Nikon F2 Photomic with (if I remember correctly) the 16mm f/3.5 full frame fisheye. I worked for John Border Photographics at the time and we had just received the lens for evaluation. This would put the date around 1974.

Steffen - that’s why I liked this shot because of the two sun flares :wink:
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Postby sirhc55 on Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:58 pm

C’mon people let’s get this going - for anyone new that does not understand the principle of ES - just submit a pic during the month of December to this thread that shows distortion. . . :wink:
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Postby Nnnnsic on Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:08 pm

Are we specifying it as lens distortion specifically? Or can it be any sort of distortion?
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Postby sirhc55 on Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:46 pm

Nnnnsic wrote:Are we specifying it as lens distortion specifically? Or can it be any sort of distortion?


From what I understand - any :wink:
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Postby Steffen on Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:47 pm

Nnnnsic wrote:Are we specifying it as lens distortion specifically? Or can it be any sort of distortion?


Any. Go ahead, knock yourself out. Only citerion is that the distortion is a main feature of the image.

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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:20 pm

”BUMP” :wink:
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Postby macka on Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:13 am

sirhc55 wrote:C’mon people let’s get this going - for anyone new that does not understand the principle of ES - just submit a pic during the month of December to this thread that shows distortion. . . :wink:


I thought the idea was that you had to have taken the photo during the month of December? :wink:
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:25 am

macka wrote:
sirhc55 wrote:C’mon people let’s get this going - for anyone new that does not understand the principle of ES - just submit a pic during the month of December to this thread that shows distortion. . . :wink:


I thought the idea was that you had to have taken the photo during the month of December? :wink:


December 1974 :wink: :wink: :wink:
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Postby Steffen on Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:29 am

 LOL! What's 32 years between friends?

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Postby Killakoala on Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:17 pm

Here's my contribution, taken yesterday morning. Nowra Hill lookout. D2h and 10.5mm fisheye.

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Postby admajic on Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:03 pm

Is there going to be a Jan, Feb and Mar ES?
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Postby sirhc55 on Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:33 pm

admajic wrote:Is there going to be a Jan, Feb and Mar ES?


Thanks for reminding me - I will start the March one now.
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