Fisheyes and slacklining

coldclimb

I'm wondering what you all think of the fisheye effect applied using PSP? I shot this earlier today at my friend's house on his slackline. It looked a little too ordinary, and seemed like a good candidate for a little fisheye distortion. Am I on the right track here, or do I just need to leave the dumb effects alone?

Also, any other comments or tips you have are welcomed.

Here's the original:


And here's the fisheye. If I decide to take this route I'll clone in the bottom and crop the other edges, but for now this is that you get.:):

pathfinder

coldclimb wrote:

I'm wondering what you all think of the fisheye effect applied using PSP? I shot this earlier today at my friend's house on his slackline. It looked a little too ordinary, and seemed like a good candidate for a little fisheye distortion. Am I on the right track here, or do I just need to leave the dumb effects alone?

Also, any other comments or tips you have are welcomed.

Here's the original:


And here's the fisheye. If I decide to take this route I'll clone in the bottom and crop the other edges, but for now this is that you get.:):

I guess I am an old curmudgeon - the fish eye shot looks like a bad TV from the 50's. I prefer the first image - I might crop the top border closer to your friend's head for more of a pano look though.

bfjr

1st thing came to mind when I saw it

Prezwoodz

The fisheye makes the line look a bit more curved but thats it to me Dont notice much else of a difference!

ian408

If you shot it in WA/Fisheye, it'd be a lot different.

I like the first shot too.

Ian

coldclimb

Thanks all. I generally don't like the "fake" effects added with a computer, and this just strengthens my will to resist using them.