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 Post subject: Cenotaph
PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:43 am 
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Downtown cenotaph.

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This is Memorial Boulevard.
There's a few other pics to be done here yet.
For the time being these...

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It was originally built to commemorate the Great War, or WW 1 as it's now known.

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Some of the above were ferocious battles indeed~ especially Ypres, and The Somme.

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There are 4 of these Bronze lion's heads ring bearers on the obelisk...

All photo's were taken with my little Canon p&s digital camera...

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 Post subject: Re: Cenotaph
PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:10 am 
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Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
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Proper perspective with something tall like that is difficult. I tried messing around with lens shift adjustments on my Speed but no luck.

There were a LOT of maple leaf marked stones in the biggest Commonwealth cemetery near Ypres. I might have posted a few pics when I got back.

Canadians did well at Cambrai - even against German tanks. SW

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 Post subject: Re: Cenotaph
PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:35 pm 
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For what it is, the little Canon ain't bad.
It barrel distorts very slightly at it's widest lens setting.
It isn't by very much though~ it can be hard to find if you don't know what you are looking for.
The sensor in it must be quite close to the rear element. I doubt the rear element moves on this little gem.
The obelisk pictured actually does taper towards the top. I'm fairly certain the height is about 80 feet, which is a lot of doing with limestone blocks.

I'll go back this summer with the 28 nikkor and one of the F bodies with the big tripod.

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 Post subject: Re: Cenotaph
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i think it did well on a very hard subject , i dont think perspective correction lenses did all that much for presenting what your eye is seeing , more for giving the later viewers what they wanted to see ,

i had a 35mm PC lens that allowed me to change the position of where i took the shot but it did not represent what i was actually seeing through the lens , great for architectural shots , not so much for artistic shots , i could crawl into places and shoot artistic shots id never want to correct fpor perspective - it would ruin the effort


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