[alt-photo] Re: two alt listers with big big big

[Joseph Smigiel]

Oh.  You mean the "typical naked-chick-in-the-woods-surrounded-by- 
petzval-swirl shot" suggestive of my 'midwestern "sensibility" at work.'

Sheesh.  Never even saw her or her freaky long arm.  I was there to  
do some "waterfall-in-woods-surrounded-by-trees-and-craggy-rocks"  
photographs, but the weather wasn't clearing  so I took what I could  
get.  Sigh.  If only there had been a moose or goat in the background  
instead.  Just as well, I suppose.  I was out of platinum anyway.

Tough crowd.

Joe


On Jun 15, 2010, at 3:11 AM, <C.Breukel at lumc.nl> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> I think you are referring to the swirl effect caused by a Petzval  
> lens.
> Rather that repeating what I know I found this site which nicely  
> sums it
> up, and a few examples, and I believe one of the images is made by Joe
> Smigiel
>
> http://www.lightcafe.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=14378
>
> Best,
>
> Cor
>
>> The lens was what blew me away even more. It sure took beautiful
> images,
>> and made me realize how dependent an image is on the lens (spoken  
>> from
> one
>> who just bought the Nikon rectilinear 14mm to do indoor house
> photography
>> for an upcoming project). The lens gives a....(poor term) whooshy
> effect
>> in the background.
>> Chris
>>
>> Christina Z. Anderson
>> christinaZanderson.com
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Alt-photo-process-list | http://altphotolist.org/listinfo