Boston Through my Binoculars

[nflink]

I recently created a little rig for my camera allowing me to attatch a pair of binoculars on front of the lense. I surprised myself as to how well the setup worked. Although I wouldn't truly compare this to a telephoto lense, the magnification is quite intense. The binoculars are 8x magnification, while my camera's optical zoom is 3x, combining for a total of 24x. As you can see, it's not easy bringing everything into focus - that will take some further experimenting. But it is sure fun to use.

Let me know what you think...


Here are a couple of zoomed out shots for reference

A little distortion is always nice

The night time is the right time

From the 38th floor of the Marriott

no binoculars on this one

Mass ave bridge

logan international

Down Boylston

From my appartment...I was amazed at the clarity of this one...the top of the building is the better part of a mile away

 

[Ronald]

Interresting technique! I'd say the results are well-worth posting, although some pictures are somewhat hazy.
Welcome to the forum btw! Are you living in Boston? The city looks like pure urban goodness. Your pictures are a solid reminder I need to get myself up north.

 

[Urban Shocker]

The things happening with focus - especially that shot looking down on the pedestrian crosswalks - remind me of similar streetscapes in Miklos Gaal's exhibition at Artcore last year:

http://www.artcoregallery.com/2/new_design/exhibitions/sights/index.html

 

[Long Island Mike]

From the Blueblood streets of Boston...

NFLINK: Good Boston pics-from the air as well as the streets. Not bad! LI MIKE

 

[ganjavih]

Interesting idea... I think I'll try that.

Neat pics of Boston, definitely one of my favourite US cities. It's a charmer.