Optical illusion?

[Mopars & Missiles]

....I plan to replace my current point and shoot with a good slr and "focus" on nature and landscapes.

Pun intended??

 

[Frank Brooks]

For outdoor car shots, open the aperture all the way and adjust the shutter speed correctly. That will take some nice pictures if there is enough light available.

 

[kenmdale]

I use my iphone to take pictures of labels on products in stores so I can actually read them, when I forget to bring my reading glasses

 

[Jim 68cuda]

Didn't quite get around to rearranging the same three cars for the photo, but today cars were back on the street and with my B body wagon in the middle, you can see the camera kind of elongates the Fury. Even my buddy's Dart looks bigger than the Belvedere wagon.

 

[oliver]

The Fury is much happier now

 

[65sporty]

Even if they don't look the right size they still are some sharp looking cars

 

[Fratzog]

Here's a bit of info...

Focusing Basics | Aperture and Depth of Field

Learn how aperture, shutter, and ISO affect exposure

 

[jct]

the coronet is huge in the pic

 

[Duncan]

Is there a slight 'inside' curve on that part of the street? The shot does have kind of a 'fish eye view' - but in reverse. Instead of things looking distorted closer in the middle and 'curving' away to the edges, this looks like the view is distorted closer on the outside and curving/shrinking inward. I probably didn't explain what I mean very well but hopefully you get my drift. Anyway, it made me wonder if you might have been standing at the apex of a slight curve when you took the picture and that gave the photograph that effect.

 

[Fratzog]

With longer focal lengths even normal opening results in narrower depth of field. This example shows the importance of preparation at these sporting events. I got a chuckle out of the photographer's last comment.

Terry McMillen suffers biggest explosion in a decade at NHRA Houston

 

[Jim 68cuda]

Is there a slight 'inside' curve on that part of the street? The shot does have kind of a 'fish eye view' - but in reverse. Instead of things looking distorted closer in the middle and 'curving' away to the edges, this looks like the view is distorted closer on the outside and curving/shrinking inward. I probably didn't explain what I mean very well but hopefully you get my drift. Anyway, it made me wonder if you might have been standing at the apex of a slight curve when you took the picture and that gave the photograph that effect.

The street does have a slight curve and I am took the photos from the inside of the curve.

 

[Duncan]

The street does have a slight curve and I am took the photos from the inside of the curve.

Thought so. Amazing the illusion it does seem to have created!