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Rajan Parrikar

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Zabriskie Defocussed
« on: March 28, 2018, 02:57:28 pm »

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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2018, 03:03:35 pm »

De-focusing or de-zooming?

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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2018, 03:06:07 pm »

De-focusing or de-zooming?

Why didn't you tell me before I made the post? You're right, of course. It's the latter.  :)

PS: Couldn't we say, dynamical defocus?

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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2018, 03:12:18 pm »

De-focusing or de-zooming?

It looks like de-zooming to me having tried this effect myself some time ago (is that actually a real word de-zooming?), but what the heck, I really like the first one Rajan, as it looks very artistic to my mind and a very different and unusual rendition of a subject that has been photographed many, many times before. So to walk away with something different, really is quite a feat - bravo!

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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2018, 03:52:30 pm »

Cool effect, works well with the muted tonal palette.

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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2018, 03:55:07 pm »

Those are nice. I have only used a similar technique with fireworks which is also pretty fun.
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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2018, 03:58:21 pm »

De-focusing or de-zooming?

Wouldn't it be just zooming? In or out...

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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2018, 04:11:41 pm »

Wouldn't it be just zooming? In or out...

Peter

Perhaps. But my thinking goes like this: first you have to zoom to a desired focal length - that is zooming. And then you have to zoom back (or forth) or de-zoom. Plus I was mimicking de-focusing for rhetorical purposes ;)

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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2018, 04:14:07 pm »

Plus I was mimicking de-focusing for rhetorical purposes ;)

This is true...

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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2018, 06:42:24 am »

It's a new take in a classical location and it works perfectly...
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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2018, 01:12:36 pm »

Thank you, gentlemen. This was a playful spur-of-the-moment 'experiment' and I was hoping I would get at least one worthwhile image.

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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2018, 09:32:12 pm »

excellent effect!!
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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2018, 12:42:30 am »

The first and second came out particularly well, Rajan.

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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2018, 08:07:30 am »

The first and second came out particularly well, Rajan.

JR
I agree.

A fun variant.
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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2018, 11:16:21 am »

The first two for me.
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Re: Zabriskie Defocussed
« Reply #15 on: April 02, 2018, 12:29:13 pm »

Thank you, gentlemen.
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