Manhattan at night through a fisheye - part 1

ernie · Jun 15, 2008

bought this lens in b&h in new york, had so much fun with it!

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Montana · Jun 15, 2008

I need one of these lenses!

Excellent shots and composition! Cityscapes and fisheye lenses go hand in hand...and you did it well!

Derrick

JimmyO · Jun 15, 2008

Awesome awesome awesome
I wish the first one was rotated CCW

Graelwyn · Jun 15, 2008

Very, very cool shots, really love them.

Bifurcator · Jun 15, 2008

Nice! Is that a star filter of diaphragm? There's supposed to be a way to tell but I forgot what it is.

Anyway, nice shots! I like 1 and 3 best.

ernie · Jun 16, 2008

thanks for the comments everyone!

Montana said:
Cityscapes and fisheye lenses go hand in hand

you said it man, lights and tall buildings everywhere. don't need to walk far to get an interesting shot.

Bifurcator said:
Is that a star filter of diaphragm?

no filter, for some reason a fisheye gives cool starbursts like this. it's fixed at f/2.8, plus shutter between 10 and 20 secs i think. never tried those settings with my other lens, always do my long exposures at f/16 or more. so actually i don't know if it's the lens or the settings that give the cool stars.

mr_baseball_08 · Jun 17, 2008

ernie said:
no filter, for some reason a fisheye gives cool starbursts like this. it's fixed at f/2.8, plus shutter between 10 and 20 secs i think. never tried those settings with my other lens, always do my long exposures at f/16 or more. so actually i don't know if it's the lens or the settings that give the cool stars.

An aperture of f/16 will always give the cool starbursts regardless of lens. This isn't just a neat feature built in, but an inherent feature due to the physics of light/lens properties.

ernie · Jun 17, 2008

mr_baseball_08 said:
An aperture of f/16 will always give the cool starbursts regardless of lens. This isn't just a neat feature built in, but an inherent feature due to the physics of light/lens properties.

thank you sherlock. i was actually talking about the fisheye.

Lyncca · Jun 17, 2008

Nice shots! I'm jealous.

I have a night architectural shoot this weekend in Dallas with my local photography group. I wish I had a fisheye for it. I will have to make due with my ultra-wide (which I love). It will be its first time to do a night shoot, so I'm sure it will get a work out!