Perspective Distortion by joysabin

Perspective Distortion

I was using my old 80-200mm Vivitar lens with a 2x converter attached. I had forgotten how fun this old barrel zoom lens is.

This image is deceptive. The San Francisco Peaks in the background are actually more than 15 miles away from where I was standing. The city of Flagstaff is in between the tress and the mountain. According to Wikipedia, " In photography and cinematography, perspective distortion is a warping or transformation of an object and its surrounding area that differs significantly from what the object would look like with a normal focal length, due to the relative scale of nearby and distant features. Perspective distortion is determined by the relative distances at which the image is captured and viewed, and is due to the angle of view of the image being either wider or narrower than the angle of view at which the image is viewed, hence the apparent relative distances differing from what is expected. Related to this concept is axial magnification -- the perceived depth of objects at a given magnification. "

This is also an infrared image processed to bring out the cool blue tones.
It's just plain beautiful! Love the blue tones.
January 29th, 2021  
wow, a magical and fantastic landscape
January 29th, 2021  
Beautiful!
January 29th, 2021  
Yeah, I was going to say all that about the perspective distortion. 😉LOL
But, honestly, the IR works very well here to give a very chill wintery feel.
January 30th, 2021  
The distortion and processing work so well together! Looks like a fairytale.
January 30th, 2021  
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Thank you all so very kindly for the favs and supportive comments. Technical stuff can sometimes make me sleepy but occasionally it sinks in usually with lots and lots of reps.
January 30th, 2021  
Wonderful layers of blue.
January 30th, 2021  
Lovely tones
January 30th, 2021  
Cool distortion and "cool" colors too.
January 30th, 2021  
very cool!
January 30th, 2021  
Beautiful IR landscape.
January 30th, 2021  
wow! Impressive shades and tones and scene
fav
January 31st, 2021  
Very dramatic
January 31st, 2021  
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