LightningPaul

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photoblog image Peeping at the Staircase

Peeping at the Staircase

 

The door of this appartment has a peep hole to see who is standing in front of your door. When you peep you see the staircase which has a nice spiral shape. As you noticed my camera also peeped :-)

 

 

TECH-INFO: the peep hole has some kind of fish eye lens. First I tried a 90 mm macro but you had to come much closer to get what you normally see with your eye, so switched to a 35 mm macro lens and placed it on the door (initially I tried a tripod but it was too unhandy). By leaning on my camera I was able to hold it for a second. You can also clearly see the reflections in the hole (= the part of the fish lens which goes through the 8 cm thick door). I really like the low-fi effect of the fish eye peep lens.

RAW converted in DxO Optics Pro and some contrast enhancements done in Photoshop.

Peeping at the Staircase

 

The door of this appartment has a peep hole to see who is standing in front of your door. When you peep you see the staircase which has a nice spiral shape. As you noticed my camera also peeped :-)

 

 

TECH-INFO: the peep hole has some kind of fish eye lens. First I tried a 90 mm macro but you had to come much closer to get what you normally see with your eye, so switched to a 35 mm macro lens and placed it on the door (initially I tried a tripod but it was too unhandy). By leaning on my camera I was able to hold it for a second. You can also clearly see the reflections in the hole (= the part of the fish lens which goes through the 8 cm thick door). I really like the low-fi effect of the fish eye peep lens.

RAW converted in DxO Optics Pro and some contrast enhancements done in Photoshop.

comments (9)

  • spark
  • Australia
  • 1 Aug 2010, 05:29
Very nice effect, lovely optics
DOF is awesome for this photo, great work and good creative idea
  • zed
  • Australia
  • 1 Aug 2010, 07:33
Intriguing Image
Quite unique, and a good idea.
  • Scarlet
  • The Netherlands
  • 1 Aug 2010, 08:49
What an creative idea. I really like this.
What a strange image - it looks like some kind of alien eye peering out of the screen smile
Excellent effect! It work really well and is a beautiful image. (:o)
  • hoi
  • United States
  • 2 Aug 2010, 20:32
awesome!
That's a very good idea ! It's like a fisheye. It works well with the stairs.

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camera NIKON D300
exposure mode full manual
shutterspeed 1 second
aperture f/8.0
sensitivity ISO500
focal length 35.0mm
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