Darkened Corners in Photos? NIN Ghosts Photos...

7 years 10 months ago #488486 by 100ISOman
Hey all, 

So now that I'm getting into photography, I thought I'd refer back to some peculiar work done by Rob Sheridan that I'm quite curious about.

I noticed that almost all his photos for his Nine Inch Nails work have these darkened corners or edges. Is this a common trend or is this mostly something that just Rob does?

Also, I noticed that my lenses sometimes produce a very subtle but very similar version of this effect; so I'm thinking that what he might be doing is exaggerating this little phenomenon that his lenses are producing.

Is there a name for this effect or lens artifact?


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7 years 10 months ago #488499 by Vespista
Hi and welcome to the forum.
the effect you describe is known as 'Vignetting' and is a natural result of using some telephoto lenses at their longer limits.
The effect is not always unintentional and can be introduced to focus the viewer's attention on the central subject. Do some research on 'vignette', here's a start:  www.picturecorrect.com/tips/types-of-vignetting-in-photography/
hope this helps, cheers, Neil.


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7 years 10 months ago #488525 by Hassner
Your bigger programs like Photoshop and and Lightroom lets you add the effect to the degree and size of your choice. Like most effects, there are lots of photographers that overdo this effect, or use it in the wrong images.


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7 years 10 months ago #488541 by KCook
This is more about style than physics.  Likely done in post.

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7 years 10 months ago #488543 by Gus

KCook wrote: This is more about style than physics.  Likely done in post.

Kelly


Agreed. Looks like more vignetting than could be accomplished in camera.


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7 years 10 months ago #488576 by 100ISOman
Oh great that's very kool that is acutally has a name. Thank you.


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7 years 10 months ago #488577 by 100ISOman
Very interesting. Yeah you know I tried this effect on a number of images and realized that it doesn't always look good. Some of my photos seem like their asking for it and others it seems like I'm forcing it in.


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7 years 10 months ago #488582 by Hassner

100ISOman wrote: Very interesting. Yeah you know I tried this effect on a number of images and realized that it doesn't always look good. Some of my photos seem like their asking for it and others it seems like I'm forcing it in.


Well put. You are ready to vignette!


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7 years 10 months ago #488634 by KCook
Even shock the world and apply white corners instead of dark corners!

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7 years 10 months ago #488679 by Don Fischer
I can do any color vignette I want but all I use are black and white. I used the white on business cards hoping the get rid of the sharp edges, worked really good. Seem's to direct your attention more to the subject.



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7 years 10 months ago #488718 by icepics
I think vignetting happened early in photography (mid to late 1800s) when lenses had a more curved field of vision than later more modern lenses. I've gotten vignetting from shooting film using retro/midcentury plastic and bakelite cameras. Usually photographers didn't want vignetting and it could indicate a poor quality lens. In the first known photograph of humans you can see vignetting in the upper left corner - that's how it would look in a dagurerreotype.
http://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2010/10/28/130898617/the-first-photo-of-a-human-or-two-humans-or-three

I have a 'new' Petzval lens which is modeled after the original Petzval and Petzval style lenses, but made for 35mm cameras instead of large format cameras (those big wooden boxes). There's a video about it by the Lomography company if you want to look it up.

I think the photographer for NIN (good band by the way!) did vignetting digitally to create a mood or feeling. Sometimes I think people use it to fill space, that if they'd moved closer or used a longer lens they wouldn't have. That's probably why you found that some photos might work with some vignetting but others would seem like it was squeezed in. I imagine the ones that seem worse with the vignette might actually be composed better.  

Sharon
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7 years 10 months ago #488719 by icepics
Good one Kelly! lol You'll almost have a Polaroid with that. Well not quite, but I know people have tried to replicate that look digitally too. I just pop film in a Polaroid camera and go use it if I want a Polaroid style shot! but that's me...

Sharon
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