Photo distortion question

[Andrew Tarpinian]

On Dec 14, 2010, at 3:02 AM, Gert van Santen <g.vansanten at chello.nl> wrote:

> Op 14-12-2010 7:06, Peter Korsten schreef:
>> Op 14-12-2010 6:43, Andrew Tarpinian schreef:
>> 
>>> I have been going through the images I shot when I was in the
>>> Netherlands. So to all the photo guys, take a look at this:
>>> 
>>> http://www.polaritydesign.com/photos/amsterdamfocus.jpg
>>> 
>>> Any idea what is the cause of that separation on the right side of the
>>> candle holder and the orange background lights? Is it a lens or a camera
>>> thing?
>> 
>> Maybe it's just a hard shadow? If you used flash, not a lot would
>> reflect back to the camera, because the the candle holder is quite shiny.
> 
> I tend to agree, especially because the thin dark shadow line 
> does not have the exact same width in all places.

No flash. The shadow being on the holder itself? I sorta see that but I'm not sure that's what it is, if you count the shadow as part of the holder the left and right side to not match up as well relative to each other.