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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Seventy: How to use super wideangle lenses effectively > The wreck of the Peter Iredale (2), Fort Stevens State Park, Oregon, 2009
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21-JUN-2009

The wreck of the Peter Iredale (2), Fort Stevens State Park, Oregon, 2009

To make this image, I moved behind the wreck, and used two remnants of its hull to lead the eye through the frame to the wreckage. The closest piece of hull is only a few feet from my lens. I backlight a tourist who walked into my frame and began making pictures. In this case, the abstracted figure and the glow on the wet sand energize the picture, negating the need for explosive clouds in the sky. She seems to be at peace as she explores the past with her camera. All four expressive elements in this image stood within a few feet of each other, yet the 14mm lens spreads them out. The degree of abstraction caused by the backlighting here makes this image work as expression.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
1/640s f/10.0 at 7.0mm iso100 full exif

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Phil Douglis05-Jul-2009 20:31
Thanks, Carol. I do not know who this person is. And yes, there may be some edge distortion going here as well, but not enough to drastically restructure a figure.
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