arthury Posted December 17, 2017 Share #1 Posted December 17, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi folks, Recently, I took several shots of outdoors portraits and the subjects were probably about 10-15 ft away (full length portrait) and I used a 50mm FLE Summilux. I know the subjects well because one of them is me. What I noticed is that my face was exaggerated along the horizontal axis and it looked a lot broader than normal. It happened to the other subject as well. I've also seen this on my 75mm Summicron FLE. I thought the longer the lens, the less rectilinear distortions. Was my distance too far away? Any thoughts on this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lct Posted December 17, 2017 Share #2 Posted December 17, 2017 Distortion is negligible on those lenses. What you're seeing looks like the "big nose syndrom" i.e. a perspective effect due to the short distance of your subject. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthury Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted December 17, 2017 Thanks for the response. I also took shots at 15-20 ft and the faces looked broader (horizontally) than normal. I was nowhere close enough to get the big nose effect and that wasn't the issue. It was more a broad face issue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobert Posted December 17, 2017 Share #4 Posted December 17, 2017 I never make portraits of myself. It is scaring and confronting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame-it Posted December 17, 2017 Share #5 Posted December 17, 2017 is the camera titled up or down or is it straight? Thanks for the response. I also took shots at 15-20 ft and the faces looked broader (horizontally) than normal. I was nowhere close enough to get the big nose effect and that wasn't the issue. It was more a broad face issue. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 17, 2017 Share #6 Posted December 17, 2017 What device did you use for showing the pictures? TVs, e.g., tend to stretch or squash pictures when the image aspect ratio does not match their default setting. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthury Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted December 17, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) is the camera titled up or down or is it straight? Pretty straight on, not tilted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthury Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted December 17, 2017 What device did you use for showing the pictures? TVs, e.g., tend to stretch or squash pictures when the image aspect ratio does not match their default setting. Regular LED screen which I used to look and edit all of my photos in LR. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 17, 2017 Share #9 Posted December 17, 2017 OK, try and rotate the picture by 90 degrees (it doesn't matter whether to the left or to the right). Is your face still broader than normal or do you now have a long face? Oh - and check your face in a mirror. Does it still have the shape you expect it to have? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame-it Posted December 17, 2017 Share #10 Posted December 17, 2017 did you process the files in lightroom ? which lens profile ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthury Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share #11 Posted December 18, 2017 did you process the files in lightroom ? which lens profile ? Yes, I did ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelwj Posted December 18, 2017 Share #12 Posted December 18, 2017 Sometimes your impression of yourself does not match reality. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted December 18, 2017 Share #13 Posted December 18, 2017 Hi folks, Recently, I took several shots of outdoors portraits and the subjects were probably about 10-15 ft away (full length portrait) and I used a 50mm FLE Summilux. I know the subjects well because one of them is me. What I noticed is that my face was exaggerated along the horizontal axis and it looked a lot broader than normal. It happened to the other subject as well. I've also seen this on my 75mm Summicron FLE. I thought the longer the lens, the less rectilinear distortions. Was my distance too far away? Any thoughts on this? Have a look at the meals you had the weeks before... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Michel Posted December 18, 2017 Share #14 Posted December 18, 2017 Is it possible that your display is set to show non-square pixels? I gather that some videos are set to a non-square pixel ration. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted December 18, 2017 Share #15 Posted December 18, 2017 One’s impression of oneself comes from a mirror image. If your face is not perfectly symmetrical then when presented with a non-inverted image you may exaggerate one side in order to compensate for the swapped over discrepancy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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