Fisheye fun

[AK47J]

Picked up a used Rokinon 8mm f2.8 fisheye lens last week, I like it so far.

Even the mundane becomes fun with a fisheye, like this 26ft box truck

Small covered bridge in Shevlin Park

165ft tall ponderosa pine

 

[tirediron]

Neat!

 

[Ron Evers]

Nice ones!

 

[Rick50]

This looks fun....

 

[BrickHouse]

I think I need to rent something like this to play with for a while.

 

[SpikeyJohnson]

That trees at the end of your post has something awesome about it! I just keep staring at it and find it interesting.

 

[TreeofLifeStairs]

I think the bridge is the best one of the bunch.

 

[AK47J]

That trees at the end of your post has something awesome about it! I just keep staring at it and find it interesting.

This lens does "bend" trees and other things into an arc almost 90 degrees from normal. I need to experiment more with it.

 

[AK47J]

I think the bridge is the best one of the bunch.

The covered bridge is my favorite shot so far.

 

[480sparky]

This lens does "bend" trees and other things into an arc almost 90 degrees from normal. I need to experiment more with it.

The only lines a fisheye keeps straight is those that pass through the center of the image. The further from the center they are, but more they're curved.

 

[AK47J]

I think I need to rent something like this to play with for a while.

This lens I bought is nothing special or very expensive compared to most fisheye lenses. It's manual focus and aperture, but that's no big deal. It doesn't do well in low light or into the sun. But it does capture a full 180 degrees and has decent image quality so far.

 

[PropilotBW]

Did you use a flash in the bridge photo?

 

[AK47J]

This lens does "bend" trees and other things into an arc almost 90 degrees from normal. I need to experiment more with it.

The only lines a fisheye keeps straight is those that pass through the center of the image. The further from the center they are, but more they're curved.

I know that. I just found it funny that the top of an adjacent tree just out of frame would peak in from the side at 90 degrees. Distance from the lens seems to reduce that effect

 

[AK47J]

Did you use a flash in the bridge photo?

Nope, no flash used on any of those shots. Hell, I haven't used the flash on this camera yet.

 

[Ron Evers]

I think I need to rent something like this to play with for a while.

This lens I bought is nothing special or very expensive compared to most fisheye lenses. It's manual focus and aperture, but that's no big deal. It doesn't do well in low light or into the sun. But it does capture a full 180 degrees and has decent image quality so far.

I think it does well into the sun myself.