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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Lens Distortion 2

Yesterday I said I would try an experiment to reduce lens distortion on wide angle photos. Above is the BC Legislature through a 10mm wide angle lens. Note the way the walls seem to slant towards the center on the edges of the photo. Below is a stitched panorama of the same scene composed of two photos. Here all the walls are not sloping in but sloping out and if you compare the rooflines in the two photos you will see that in the top photo the rooflines are nice and straight but in the bottom photo they are sloping. Hmmm. Back to the drawing board I guess....

6 comments:

JoJo said...

That bottom pic is a cool effect but it sure changes the look of the building.

William Kendall said...

They're both beautiful examples, in their own way. The building itself is stunning.

Massimo said...

great buildings, and nice work with lens correction ! 100 mm wide is really a lot... saluti

Massimo said...

sorry, it was 10 mm of course..

Stefan Jansson said...

I'd have a go shooting a panorama from multiple photos with a standard lens.

Benjamin Madison said...

Thanks all for your kind comments.
@Stefan Jansson - "Great minds think alike!" While you were making your comment here I was out doing exactly what you suggest - see today's post (Aug 29).