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 04/18/2007 02:01:14 PM · #1
this is almost straight from camera, and there are NO filters involved...


here are some clues:
iso3200
f/32
1/320

shot around 4:30pm on a relatively sunny day
 04/18/2007 02:06:57 PM · #2
Looks like you shot through something held against the lens, or maybe a pinhole in a box.
 04/18/2007 02:09:32 PM · #3
I don't know if a pinhole would give enough light at that shutter speed, would it?

How about a nylon sock over the lens? Or would that count as a filter? Hmmm.... :)
 04/18/2007 02:10:02 PM · #4
Vaseline?
 04/18/2007 02:20:41 PM · #5
Originally posted by CEJ:
Vaseline?

I considered that also, but the image doesn't seem blurry enough for vaseline. JMO of course. :)
 04/18/2007 02:29:55 PM · #6
Sometimes they use it just to soften harsh skin, as in the movies/TV/talk shows especially. Off the top of my head I can't remember their names, but I remember reading an article once where it mentioned that certain celebrities would not appear on camera unless it was used on the lenses. I don't think I would want to put it on one of my front elements or even a filter for that matter. But first thing that came to mind.
 04/18/2007 02:34:14 PM · #7
Fog from breathing against the lens?
 04/18/2007 02:43:36 PM · #8
Skip, that looks like Alex Jones. . .know who that is and it's more of a challenge than figuring out the effect on the picture!
 04/18/2007 03:13:19 PM · #9
Looks to me like its a reflection you photographed, glass or mirror, etc....
 04/18/2007 03:19:45 PM · #10
Originally posted by idnic:
Looks to me like its a reflection you photographed, glass or mirror, etc....

I was thinking this too, but something less reflective like marble or granite. I say this because of the settings.
 04/18/2007 03:27:53 PM · #11
one of you is close, the rest are off ;-)
 04/18/2007 03:38:11 PM · #12
Originally posted by Skip:
one of you is close, the rest are off ;-)

I've been told this before.
 04/18/2007 03:40:24 PM · #13
really close crop?
 04/18/2007 03:40:46 PM · #14
Originally posted by gloda:
Fog from breathing against the lens?

Condensation from spraying with "Dust-off" compressed air can?
 04/18/2007 03:43:56 PM · #15
Hmmm... it could be a reflection on a dark car. There seems to be a smidge of distortion, and hitting a reflection like that might require lots of DOF and a serious ISO setting.
 04/18/2007 03:46:17 PM · #16
Okay, we know its not Lucy Lieu because she runs from Skip ;)


04/18/2007 03:46:55 PM · #17
Originally posted by scalvert:
Hmmm... it could be a reflection on a dark car. There seems to be a smidge of distortion, and hitting a reflection like that might require lots of DOF and a serious ISO setting.

That was my initial thought too, but I couldn't see any distortion, and it seemed to big an area to have fit on whatever flat surface most cars have.
 04/18/2007 03:50:37 PM · #18
More likely, he was shooting through some really dark, semi-transparent material like cloth or a black plastic bag.
 04/18/2007 03:51:54 PM · #19
Skip is SO good, he probably shot it through the lens cap! ;)
 04/18/2007 03:54:24 PM · #20
Originally posted by nadiaC:
Skip, that looks like Alex Jones. . .know who that is and it's more of a challenge than figuring out the effect on the picture!


That's not Alex Jones...Alex's face is rounder

Message edited by author 2007-04-18 15:55:17.
 04/18/2007 03:54:29 PM · #21
Originally posted by idnic:
Skip is SO good, he probably shot it through the lens cap! ;)

That can't be it. He's an action photographer. He timed it just right so he could get the image reflected off the lenscap as it flipped thru the air (you know, like a coin toss). :D
 04/18/2007 03:59:39 PM · #22
Originally posted by Skip:

f/32


Ahhh, diffraction.
 04/18/2007 04:02:04 PM · #23
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by idnic:
Skip is SO good, he probably shot it through the lens cap! ;)

That can't be it. He's an action photographer. He timed it just right so he could get the image reflected off the lenscap as it flipped thru the air (you know, like a coin toss). :D

Wouldn't that need a faster shutter speed than 1/320?
 04/18/2007 04:13:09 PM · #24
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by idnic:
Skip is SO good, he probably shot it through the lens cap! ;)

That can't be it. He's an action photographer. He timed it just right so he could get the image reflected off the lenscap as it flipped thru the air (you know, like a coin toss). :D

Wouldn't that need a faster shutter speed than 1/320?

Not as ISO 3200 - besides, it could be a slow flip. :P
 04/18/2007 05:18:32 PM · #25
oouuu, i was so close to posting the how, but this is getting too good ;-)

now there are two and a half close calls, the rest are misses...
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