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picture in Central Park taken with the 12mm lens. This is the Wollman Skating Rink. The structure in the foreground is the roof of the entrance building. This lens gives a very dramatic view with the converging lines in the foreground, but the rink is somewhat overshadowed. |
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The same location photographed the Noblex swing-lens.
Notice,
too, that the roof beams appear curved since they lie below the
midline of the image. |
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Here is the first image cropped to show about the
same vertical subject matter as the Noblex. This image shows all the benefits of a panoramic
camera without the need of any specialized equipment except for
the lens. |
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can also alter the Noblex image to the remove the chief
characteristic of the cylindrical film plane. Using the Panorama Tools Extract Filter we remap the image onto a rectangular projection. See one of my prior tips on how to do this. The curved beams are now straightened and the subject matter at the extreme edges has the lateral distortion characteristic of ultra wide angle lenses. The transformation converts the image to a 1:5 aspect ratio and crops even more of the top and bottom. But, it now looks as though it was taken with a conventional camera. So there are many ways to create a wide angle or panoramic image. |
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