perrys4

Thanks for the pics that support my opinion. I was just too lazy to do it. Makes a big difference.

Tres

Hey Gav,
Do you have your web site up and running yet. I did a search and havnt been able to find it. If you dont have it running yet and need help let me know. I own a web design company and I can have one up and rady for you ASAP.
By the way, love the new look. I can't wait until november.

morganabowen

Sharkskin...Are the two photographs taken from the same exact spot, and the same position, the only difference being the wide angle lens. I know that Ron is a professional, and I'm not, but I believe that I was able to do the same thing by lowering my angle and using a zoom, with my Olympus C-700 Ultra-zoom . Just curious

SharkSkin

No, the upper pic was taken from much further away. Also the angles differ slightly because I was not trying to create an example of this. I simply took different pics because I am aware of the issue.

The issue is not the lens, it is the distance from the subject. If I had taken the top picture zoomed in, then zoomed all the way to wide angle and taken another pic without moving the camera, then there would be no difference at all in the perspective. If I blew up and cropped the pic taken with the wide angle so that it was the same size and composition as the one taken with the telephoto they would be indistinguishable for all intents and purposes, except that the blowup might be a tad fuzzier.

What it boils down to is this: When you are too close to the object being photographed, the included angle is relatively large. Consider the optical axis, represented by the exact center of the pic. With a wide angle lens, as in my bottom pic, the passenger side of the front bumper and the driver side of the rear bumper may each be 45 degrees away from the optical axis. With the telephoto, the same reference points may each be 15 degrees off axis. It is this difference in included angle that accounts for the distortion of the shape of the object being photographed, and the included angle is controlled by only one factor; lens-to-subject distance.

HTH

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morganabowen

Hey Dave....Thanks for the lesson

jserio

Dave man, You ride looks mint.

SharkSkin

No sweat Larry! Be careful about getting me started talking about one of my life's passions...

SharkSkin

Thanks Joe... She does clean up nice, doesn't she? It's been a really fun transformation, still in progress. She's still a bit rough around the edges, but overall I'm very happy. No wonder I can't help posting pics whenever I get an excuse...