Piers!

Strax · 22 Aug 2006 at 14:16

A couple of shots from a trip away on Saturday.

The Old Pier, Loch Long

Inverary Pier

Comments welcome...

iGiDK · 22 Aug 2006 at 14:35

absolutely stunning!

RandomTom · 22 Aug 2006 at 14:53

All your shots have such rich colour! and the 10mm widness of that lens really is giving you some great results.

Colin_da_Killer · 22 Aug 2006 at 17:22

Nice photos Strax, I prefer the inverary photo. Helensburgh has a broken pier too at Craigendoran station too incase your making a collection or theme of it and wanting more..

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EDIT: 1000th forum post !!! Yipiie

King_Boru · 22 Aug 2006 at 17:27

you need to straighten the second one. I cant help but feel the lens is causing some distortion. it seems to curve inwards, cant remember what its called.

lovely pictures all the same. great colours and great exsposure.

hoodmeister · 22 Aug 2006 at 17:37

King_Boru said:
you need to straighten the second one. I cant help but feel the lens is causing some distortion. it seems to curve inwards, cant remember what its called.

lovely pictures all the same. great colours and great exsposure.

barrel distortion. Yes, there is some on these pics - but it's a nightmare to correct properly on the Sigma 10-20 cos' the distortion is uneven - or "moustache" distortion.

Nice shots, but I can't help but feel they're just superwide for the hell of it. I'd actually like to see some tighter crops.

RandomTom · 22 Aug 2006 at 17:56

King_Boru said:
you need to straighten the second one. I cant help but feel the lens is causing some distortion. it seems to curve inwards, cant remember what its called.

Call me strange but that's what I love about ultra-wide photo's, I have a thing for fish-eye lenses too.

robertgilbert86 · 22 Aug 2006 at 18:53

Awesome shots, really nice colour, I like the fisheye effect too

themask70 · 22 Aug 2006 at 22:03

The first one is stunning but in my eyes the second one's composition doesnt quite look right, not too sure how i would change it but i really do like the first one

tommy6206 · 23 Aug 2006 at 01:09

The first one is awesome..

Strax · 23 Aug 2006 at 07:09

Originally posted by Colin da Killer

Helensburgh has a broken pier too at Craigendoran station too incase your making a collection or theme of it and wanting more..

I am not really making a theme of it, just really using them for some foreground interest

As people have pointed out, the Sigma does give a bit of distortion, all part of the charm of an ultrawide lens I s'pose

Thanks to everyone for the comments, made some interesting reading