Sentences with phrase «distorting images of objects»

In the 1930s Einstein predicted that a mass distribution, such as a galaxy, could act as a gravitational «lens,» not only bending light but also distorting images of objects lying beyond the gravitating mass.

First predicted by Albert Einstein, this effect is similar to a glass lens bending light to magnify and distort the image of an object behind it.

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One of the issues that faces would - be astronomical photographers is the Earth's own atmosphere, which distorts images of distant objects.

The gravitational pull of matter in the cluster bends and twists the light from more distant galaxies, producing a plethora of strange optical effects ranging from distorted arcs to multiple images of the same background object.

The lens may produce multiple or distorted images of the background object as seen by the observer.

Sunrays are projected through the pinholes to the diffuser, which is imaged by the camera, beside the distorted object of interest.

They do, however, distort the appearance of the object being studied, requiring sophisticated computer models to reconstruct the image as it would appear in its unaltered state.

The distorted image of the distant object can appear in three possible ways depending on the shape of the lens:

Megan Mueller's images are created by placing objects and photographs on a flatbed scanner, often inviting gesture and ambient light to distort the capturing of information.

Her sources stem from images that freely circulate on the internet and her paintings take on a hybrid quality in which objects are placed in a limbo of distorted familiarity.

Distorting the image is a process of improving the image, for instance, adding objects over it, or adding bright colors to make the image pop and stand out.

Having used sheets of newspaper to protect the surfaces of the studio while painting the objects, and upon observing the resultant drips and slicks that obscured the newspaper images, Spremberg discovered startling compositions in which the variegated paint both disrupted and distorted the original photograph.