More Wide Views

February 17, 2009 at 5:59 pm 3 comments

We had a nice sunny day on Sunday (here in central Pennsylvania, you notice those rare sunny days) and I took my new ultra-wide-angle lens out for some more experimenting on campus. I’m still feeling my way—you get very different results depending on whether you’re shooting from a standing, kneeling, or lying position, and depending on how you tilt the camera. Anyway, here are a few shots from Sunday.

The Beta Theta Pi house on Burrowes Road. I'm not sure in what month they actually take down their Christmas wreaths.

The Beta Theta Pi house on Burrowes Road. I'm not sure in what month they actually take down their Christmas wreaths. Click on photo for bigger version.

Phi Delta Theta. Currently embroiled in a dispute with the University (http://live.psu.edu/story/36338/rss30).

Phi Delta Theta. Currently embroiled in a dispute with the University (http://live.psu.edu/story/36338/rss30).

The IST Building, which is definitely funky, but not THIS funky. It's partly distortion from the wide-angle lens.

The IST Building, which is definitely funky, but not THIS funky. Some of it is distortion from the wide-angle lens.

The plaza at the intersection of Shortlidge and Pollock. The two-story building in the center of the photo is Ritenour.

The plaza at the intersection of Shortlidge and Pollock. The two-story building in the center of the photo is Ritenour; to its right, the new Chemistry Building.

The lens doesn't always create wacky curves. It can also straighten things out. This is the former Atherton Hall, along College Avenue.

Schreyer Honors College headquarters, in the former Atherton Hall, along College Avenue.

Tina Hay, editor

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3 Comments Add your own

  • 1. Vince Verbeke  |  February 18, 2009 at 5:25 am

    Send me a copy of the Alpha Zeta Fraternity on Burrowes if you have one. Thanks

  • 2. mike  |  February 20, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    Beautiful shots, Tina. Working on Sunday? You are one committed blogger!

  • [...] Wide Shot of the Stuckeman Family Building By Tina Hay Here’s another in our occasional series of campus buildings as seen through an ultra-wide-angle lens. I was headed up to the Palmer Museum [...]

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