On 4/24/05, Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't use [the fisheye] often, but I do use it sometimes to get _really_ > close > to the cars in the paddock. It can give some pretty interesting shots > where the car basically fills the frame completely. If you're careful > about the orientation of horizons and high-contrast edges, it's > sometimes not even very noticable that it's a fish-eye image. Here's > an example: > > http://www.NutDriver.org/PlM01-01-04.jpg
Cool shot! I was of course being tongue-in-cheek about actual race-track action shots, envisioning me standing 6 inches from the track whilst cars zipped by at terrifying speeds, still not filling 1/4 of the frame! <vbg> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
