How my son sees his dad.

[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".

[aster]

Indeed, the 'fisheye' distortion and the shape are all intact. : )

Thanks for sharing,

Yildiz

[jcoffin]

Thanks Aster (even if you did use the dreaded "fisheye").

[aster]

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

[Dr. Harout]

... Don't you dare call that distortion "fisheye".

No, just a "soneye".
And don't you dare call it an abbreviation of Sony-eye!

[jcoffin]

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!

[jcoffin]

... 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.