I broke my eye!

[Fidel Marcus]

using a lens, well 2 & a camera!!

I would have to say that one of my biggest fascinations with SLR's is that they see images upside down just the way our eyes do

 

[Hamish Gill]

... This came up the other day... It's one of those things that makes no sence until it makes sence and then it seems perfectly logical!

I love this shot!!
Really good!
Really good stock image I reckon!

Im goin to bookmark this one and use it for an article about something lens related sometime if that's ok?

 

[Dan Cattermole]

It is a very cool shot.
I must admitt, I tried it once before a year ago, and didn't get the lighting adequate enough to see the eye through the lens without mega amounts of selcted exposure adjustment, and then the image looked tacky, cheap, then ended up in the bin.
Very well done for getting the eye exposure correct. like it... like it alot...... and jealous. lol

 

[Brodie Jackson]

Love that shot!
yeh.. seems strange until you learn how it works. Then like Hamish said, seems perfectly logical!

 

[Fidel Marcus]

you guys are great, have you any idea how many "photographers" have no clue about this wonder of physics?

I love the fact that just as our eyes a camera lens is aspherical, it processes light and color the same way & translated into an upside down picture, then the CHIP and AI (film doesn't quite sound as poetic here lol) just like your brain takes that upside down raw projection of light & turns it into a recognizable image as the final product

Sorry I am a bit obsessed with cameras

If you like the sound of this stuff here's a cool article to read real quick

The Psychology of Photography

 

[Fidel Marcus]

I just realized after reading that I must be a little nicer with what I said, it is not a bad thing if a photographer does not understand the physics of photography, it was ignorance on my part to state it that way but I will have to say that this is as important as knowing what f-stop is, or what iso does, it is the foundation on which every camera in the world is built on, long before DSLR's & even regular SLR's literally back when Aristotle was scratching his head wondering why images projected through a pinhole appeared upside down.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Maybe I'll do an article on the basic physics of a lens and use it for that ...
You could write it if you interested in this sort of thing if you like Fidel? No pressure of course

Great read that

Spot on this bit is!

As photographers, it is most important that we enjoy and have fun taking pictures; if it wasn't important to us, we probably would do something else. Maintaining self confidence while not becoming overly confident and providing the world with inspirational images that will endure for a lifetime and beyond, is the goal to which we all should aspire.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I just realized after reading that I must be a little nicer with what I said, it is not a bad thing if a photographer does not understand the physics of photography, it was ignorance on my part to state it that way but I will have to say that this is as important as knowing what f-stop is, or what iso does, it is the foundation on which every camera in the world is built on, long before DSLR's & even regular SLR's literally back when Aristotle was scratching his head wondering why images projected through a pinhole appeared upside down.

I didn't think it came across like that ...
And I agree, knowing the fundamentals is important... Not essential, but very important!
At the end of the day, I have no issue with someone taking great photos with a p&s camera of that's what they enjoy, but for me the enjoyment is in the learning ... And you can't get very far down the road of learning before coming to understanding the basic relationships between shutter aperture and sensitivity!