Tek wrote:
> I'm working on something for the current stills topic, and I decided to try 
> out some techniques for making an image more photographic.
> 
> The effects are achieved using a parabolic lens placed in front of the 
> camera. The effects are:
>  1. distortion, hence the horizon not being a straight line. Ordinarily this 
> would be a bad thing but I think it helps the composition of this image.
>  2. dispersion, the slight separation of colours towards the edges of the 
> lens, achieved using pov's dispersion setting on the lens. This is fairly 
> subtle in the "elements.jpg" image, but becomes obvious when there's a 
> high-contrast edges like the checkerboard scene.
>  3. focal blur, this was a little tricky since the lens shifted the focal 
> point, so I messed with the camera's blur settings till I got something 
> nice.
>  4. vignetting, totally faked by just darkening the lens towards the edge.
> 
> The blur and dispersion really add a lot to the image, but they're pretty 
> slow to render. The elements.jpg image took 19h 5m 45s to render at 
> 1600x1200.
> 
> So what do you think? does it look like a photo?
> 
> Tek
> http://evilsuperbrain.com

Wow nice! It also adds a nice sense of drama to the scene, especially in 
the "elements" scene.

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