Fisheye Portrait

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Fisheye Portrait

Postby petal666 on Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:36 pm

I'm still unsure of what is the best way to crop with the 180° fisheye, but this time I've gone for a square image.

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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:47 pm

Cute! I love the expression, but for me something is missing, I can't put my finger on it, the subject is lost a little with the blown window on the left and the distracting reflection on the right.
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Postby Zeeke on Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:01 pm

Im not into baby photos.. see too many of them unfortunately... but this one is a good one.. the expression is classic.. and the fisheye did a good job of framing the background... the blown highlights are a little distracting.. but thats still a really nice photo there..

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Postby petal666 on Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:50 pm

Yeah, baby photos are a pain in the butt, but this one is my bubby so it's ok :)

The blowouts are very hard to avoid with the fisheye, due to it seeing everything within 180°. Ideally I would process the image twice in RAW and underexpose the window area and then blend the two images together but I cbf'ed last night.
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