The Distortion Thread

EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
edited March 19, 2014 in Other Cool Shots
Just for fun...
One of the aspects of photography that I'm curious about and interested in, is when optical distortion works and why.
I often spend processing time correcting for barrel distortion and converging verticals, etc., and comments in the forum
often reflect a preference for distortion correction - especially in architectural compositions. So, I'd be interested to hear
what y'all think about when distortion works and why (or conversely, when/why it doesn't) and please post your work/examples if you like!
TIA - Eric

Stretched Limo
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Eric ~ Smugmug

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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2014
    What distortion? rolleyes1.gif Its a Strrreeeeetch Limo! thumb.gifdeal.gif

    Meanwhile let me go see what I got!

    :D

    Don
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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2014
    DonRicklin wrote: »
    What distortion? rolleyes1.gif Its a Strrreeeeetch Limo! thumb.gifdeal.gif

    Meanwhile let me go see what I got!

    :D

    Don
    lol3.gif
    Thanks thumb.gif
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,890 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2014
    Ha! Is that barrel distortion ?:D
    Cristóbal


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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2014
    Juano wrote: »
    Ha! Is that barrel distortion ?:D
    ooh! I should have caught that with the stretched limo! thumb.gif

    rolleyes1.gifroflrolleyes1.gif

    Seems this isn't going the way Eric hoped! :D

    Don
    Don Ricklin - Gear: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, was Pentax K7
    'I was older then, I'm younger than that now' ....
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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2014
    Juano wrote: »
    Ha! Is that barrel distortion ?:D

    Ding, ding, ding... we have a winner! clap.gifrolleyes1.gif
    Now, quit goofing around Cristóbal, and go find me some good Distortion! :D

    DonRicklin wrote: »
    ooh! I should have caught that with the stretched limo! thumb.gif

    rolleyes1.gifroflrolleyes1.gif

    Seems this isn't going the way Eric hoped! :D

    Don

    Naw, no worries Don, I'm chill... after all, this is Dgrin - it's usually somewhat out-of-focus. :D
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,890 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2014
    OK, OK... Here is one.

    DSC_2029_stitch-XL.jpg
    Cristóbal


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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2014
    Juano wrote: »
    OK, OK... Here is one.

    rolleyes1.gifroflrolleyes1.gif I love it Cristóbal... thanks! thumb.gif
    A big toothy grin is what I'm seein'... :D
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2014
    Guy on bottom right had some big feet........the girl on left had gnarly hands.....the columns also were not planted straight....what you gonna do?ne_nau.gif

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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2014
    ^^^^ Well, as you point out, W/A here has greatly exaggerated the people...
    I'm not sure the distortion here "works" other than to allow squeezing all the folks in the picture.
    I can envision an image like this where the subjects might be doing something more exotic...
    like a dance ritual or similar.

    Thanks for playing along Taz! thumb.gif
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2014
    I didn't know or didn't read carefully enough that distortion had to work.....I looked at the title......."Distortion thread" and that was good enough for me!biggrinbounce2.gif

    I will now have to think of situations where distortion works.......

    I have taken pictures in part of some ladies with wide-angle and that stretches them....makes them taller and thinner.....and they seemed to be pleased.rolleyes1.gif
  • IDDBIDDB Registered Users Posts: 125 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2014
    Did somebody say distortion?
    Hey guys, long time no see... I was fed up with the trash talk at DPR so I decided to come here and look at some friendly faces. Distortion you say? Call me king of distortion ;^) Personally I love distortion and when I get the 16mm fisheye out, it is for the distortion not getting more of the scene in(well sometime I do). I also have a 14mm which is great for car pic with way less distortion than the 16mm.

    Here are a couple of car pics from the 14mm. It may not look like it but I'm pretty close to those cars.

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    Now a couple of car pics from the 16mm.

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    And to finish it off, a couple + 1 of church pics from the 16mm.

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    All pics taken with a Nikon D800E + Samyang 14mm + Zenitar 16mm
    See you later... I'm off to start a new "Fruity" thread.:s85
    Daniel
    More of my stuff here
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