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| Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Cenotaph |
Downtown cenotaph.  This is Memorial Boulevard. There's a few other pics to be done here yet. For the time being these...  It was originally built to commemorate the Great War, or WW 1 as it's now known.    Some of the above were ferocious battles indeed~ especially Ypres, and The Somme.  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... Regards, Doc Sharptail |
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| Author: | NebrHogger [ Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cenotaph |
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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| Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cenotaph |
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. Regards, Doc Sharptail |
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| Author: | A square 10 [ Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cenotaph |
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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