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I saw this posted on FB, it's supposed to be a captivating aerial photograph of Walking Street (and who or what is BOB???) What immediately struck me, though, was that the abandoned Waterfront building looks like it's about to topple into the sea. I know it's something weird about the angle or perspective or whatever, but then why is the tall building behind it in Pratumnak perfectly vertical? Or is it about to topple over, that would solve one headache for Pattaya CIty, lol?

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As drones have taken over as a leading tech tool for aerial photography, what’s known as fisheye distortion (or the barrel effect) can become a major problem for optical clarity. You’ve perhaps already seen what can happen with this problem after using wide-angle lenses on your drone. The reason fisheye distortion happens in drone photography is because the lens’ field of view is wider than the size of your image sensor.

Eliminating fisheye distortion in aerial photography isn’t too complicated if you have the right type of software available. Yet, maybe you’re still mystified as to why it’s called fisheye, or the “barrel effect.” On a more technical level, this happens because the camera squeezes the field of view so it fits into the image. It causes straight lines in the photo to looked curved, or like a barrel shape.

The term “fisheye” means virtually the same thing due to wide-angle lenses having short focal lengths. GoPro cameras cause this same problem, but here’s how to solve this based on the corrective software you use.” From: https://www.dronegenuity.com/eliminate-aerial-fisheye-distortion/

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