Best grab shots
Posted by: Deane F on 09 December 2006
I enjoyed the Urban Photos thread so I thought I'd start one for grab shots - those ones where you spot the photo and just swing the camera up, focus and shoot.
Here's a starter I took in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago:
Posted on: 14 December 2006 by Jay
quote:
Originally posted by Rico:
definitely some barrel distortion there, unless that fault-line was jiving as Jay hit the shutter release...
Excuse me!
I was balancing on one hand upside down at the time.
Posted on: 14 December 2006 by Deane F
Jay
I think Rico was referring to the curve where the sea meets the hills in the distance. I assume that you were using a compact digital with the focal length at its shortest. Or a D-SLR with a wide angle lense - say 26mm.
It's a nice shot.
Deane
Posted on: 14 December 2006 by Jay
quote:
Originally posted by Deane F:
Jay
I think Rico was referring to the curve where the sea meets the hills in the distance. I assume that you were using a compact digital with the focal length at its shortest. Or a D-SLR with a wide angle lense - say 26mm.
It's a nice shot.
Deane
Oh I know..he's winding me up. bad Rico. bad Rico.
Posted on: 18 December 2006 by Rico
no, seriously. is there some barrel distortion in the pic? Deane describes the effect well. it's enhanced by the effect of distance and the varying coastline... you can sort this out in potatoshop with 'filter-distort-lens distortion' (see Ken Rockwell's tutorial).
