Monday, August 30, 2010

Perspective Distortion

Ninety-Four.

Watched a few episodes of "Obsessed" with Mom. OCD is such a strange disorder. I also did some further research about a topic that was mentioned in the photo class last week. Perspective Distortion. I took some of my own images to show this effect:

Focal Length: 18mm
Focal Length: 24mm
Focal Length: 35mm

Focal Length: 45mm
Focal Length: 55mm
In each photo the lantern is in the same spot relative to the vent, but the vent looks to be getting closer at the higher focal lengths. This effect is also called telephoto (lens) compression. This is achieved by zooming in and moving the camera further away from the subject. Notice that I tried to keep the lantern the same size but at the larger focal lengths the vent creeps closer.

Later,
~Pat

P.S. Let me know if you think I should do more educational posts like this in the comments!

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