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How my son sees his dad.
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:37 pm
by jcoffin
Well, I decided the world needed to see a picture of me, so here it is -- but me being me, don't expect it to be completely straightforward...
100/2.8 macro, 1/30th, f/2.8. Obviously enough, hand held in natural light. Don't you
dare call that distortion "fisheye".
Re: How my son sees his dad.
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:40 pm
by aster
Indeed, the 'fisheye' distortion and the shape are all intact. : )
Thanks for sharing,
Yildiz
Re: How my son sees his dad.
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:08 am
by jcoffin
Thanks Aster (even if you did use the dreaded "fisheye").
Re: How my son sees his dad.
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:31 am
by aster
jcoffin wrote:Thanks Aster (even if you did use the dreaded "fisheye").
My sincere appoligies, Jcoffin, if I've hurt your feelings in any way. I did read the that last line but I might have missed your exact point; I'm not much of a person that 'mocks' and that might be why I did not see the deliberate emphasis on the word.
I looked at your reflection centered on your son's pupil and saw that there was a spherical distortion that also bent the furniture partially and likened it to the effect the new 'fish' and 'wide angle' adaptors that David Kilpatrick reviewed the other day.
Link:
Fish and Wide Adaptors
It's a good photo that can both enter the most recent 'Puipil Of My Eye' challenge and the 'Evidence Of The Photographer' thread. : )
Thanks for sharing your photo and sentiments.
Yildiz
Re: How my son sees his dad.
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:42 pm
by Dr. Harout
jcoffin wrote:... Don't you dare call that distortion "fisheye".
No, just a "soneye".
And don't you dare call it an abbreviation of Sony-eye!

Re: How my son sees his dad.
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:59 am
by jcoffin
aster wrote:jcoffin wrote:Thanks Aster (even if you did use the dreaded "fisheye").
My sincere appoligies, Jcoffin, if I've hurt your feelings in any way.
Yildiz
Oh, goodness no. I was purely kidding around (in both cases). After years of posting on Usenet (e.g., comp.lang.c++) if I have a problem, it's that I'm so thick-skinned that even when somebody's really trying to insult me, I hardly realize it!

Re: How my son sees his dad.
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:02 am
by jcoffin
Dr. Harout wrote:jcoffin wrote:... Don't you dare call that distortion "fisheye".
No, just a "soneye".
And don't you dare call it an abbreviation of Sony-eye!

Oh, but it's my picture, so I can call it anything I want. On the other hand, since I don't have any Sony lenses (yet!), I probably couldn't call it "Sony-eye" in any case.