Fisheye Fever Club -- Flaunt your fisheye photos!

Nick Siebers · 08-21-2009, 07:48 PM

Here's a few more with the screw-in Samyang 0.15X adapter - they are improving, I think, but I suspect a ceiling with this accessory lens.

xjjohnno · 08-21-2009, 08:50 PM

Banjo, I centre spot with a bit of reduction in the exposure. Current FE experiments are in using areas I expect to come out quite dark as framing for the pics. Not quite working but I'm getting there.

maxwell1295 · 08-23-2009, 07:42 PM

From an event I shot this past Friday. Gotham Hall in NYC. Incredible venue...

Banjo · 08-23-2009, 09:44 PM

Originally posted by xjjohnno

Banjo, I centre spot with a bit of reduction in the exposure. Current FE experiments are in using areas I expect to come out quite dark as framing for the pics. Not quite working but I'm getting there.

OK, thanks

.

I got another roll back from the processors on Friday: overall, I feel I'm improving and beginning to take my time over each shot, taking more trouble with framing and composition (still a long way to go

).

(Sorry, I can't post anything as I don't have the hardware or software myself -all my stuff is analogue.)

Love those fish-eyes!

PS:

It just occurred to me: If you reduce exposure (to darken the periphery), the effect will be all over the frame; i.e. you will also darken parts of the shadow in mid-frame that you would rather not.

If you want to darken the periphery only (i.e. get a vignetting effect) what might work is a graduated neutral density filter -clear in the centre but gradually shading radially outwards from the centre -the opposite of what is usualy the case with ultrawide lenses. You could maybe make one up using a uv filter and blackening the periphery with a candle or something. The only problem would be the huge diameter required (with a fish-eye) and how to attach it.

Last edited by Banjo; 08-25-2009 at 06:48 PM.

tootall · 08-24-2009, 10:52 PM - **1 Like**

My son became too dizzy before I got a shot I was 100% happy with

At 10mm with the Pentax 10-17mm

Banjo · 08-24-2009, 11:22 PM

Originally posted by tootall

My son became too dizzy before I got a shot I was 100% happy with

At 10mm with the Pentax 10-17mm

Nice shot.

However did you hold the camera & release the shutter?

tootall · 08-24-2009, 11:39 PM

I connected the trigger cable and put into continuous mode. I also had to manually focus it before hand so a bit of hit a miss there, AF couldn't make its mind up.

And a neck strap which just happens to be the right hight.

Last edited by tootall; 08-25-2009 at 05:05 PM. Reason: Need to learn to read :)

xjjohnno · 08-25-2009, 02:55 AM

Nah Banjo, the Samyang overexposes the brighter areas if I don't knock back the exposure. I lose those lovely sky colours replaced by either washed out or way too bright exposures. Next outing I might try area metering and see how the overall exposure works.

Banjo · 08-25-2009, 06:50 PM

Originally posted by xjjohnno

Next outing I might try area metering and see how the overall exposure works.

Well, keep posting them here!

Nick Siebers · 08-25-2009, 07:59 PM

Here's a look at the Wisconsin state capitol dome with a slight HDR effect.

And here's a look at the Rotunda

Frank B · 08-25-2009, 09:49 PM

The pictures in this thread were one of main motivations towards my getting the 10-17mm Fisheye. It is quickly becoming one of my favorite travel lenses (along with the DA21).

Here's one from a recent trip, taken in the Cathedral of St. Helena in Helena, Montana. 10mm, ISO 800, 1/15th at f4.0, handheld.

Frank B · 08-25-2009, 09:57 PM

Here's one from a little closer to home, in Balboa Park in San Diego one recent evening. My friend Marty and I were doing some night shooting, this is a shot of his Canon displaying a shot of my K20D. You can't see it, but my LCD is displaying an earlier shot of his Canon. I guess if I was in to PS I could figure out a way that you could keep magnifying and see each camera, but this was just a matter of guessing at the length of time to keep his LCD lit in relation to the entire 30 sec exposure. I'm really liking the DA10-17.

30 sec at f11.0, ISO 100, 10mm.

Frank B · 08-25-2009, 10:03 PM

Might as well shoot some fish if I'm going to be using a fisheye. Lunch at the Fish Market Restaurant on Harbor Drive in San Diego. They do a good job with fresh trout.

DA10-17, 1/250, f7.1, ISO 200, 10mm.

41ants · 08-26-2009, 07:49 AM

Love this lens. Snapped this one of my boy the other day.

attack11 · 08-26-2009, 08:18 AM

some cityscape/landscape shots. i love this lens.

08-23-2009, 09:44 PM	#409
Banjo Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 207	Originally posted by xjjohnno Banjo, I centre spot with a bit of reduction in the exposure. Current FE experiments are in using areas I expect to come out quite dark as framing for the pics. Not quite working but I'm getting there. OK, thanks . I got another roll back from the processors on Friday: overall, I feel I'm improving and beginning to take my time over each shot, taking more trouble with framing and composition (still a long way to go). (Sorry, I can't post anything as I don't have the hardware or software myself -all my stuff is analogue.) Love those fish-eyes! PS: It just occurred to me: If you reduce exposure (to darken the periphery), the effect will be all over the frame; i.e. you will also darken parts of the shadow in mid-frame that you would rather not. If you want to darken the periphery only (i.e. get a vignetting effect) what might work is a graduated neutral density filter -clear in the centre but gradually shading radially outwards from the centre -the opposite of what is usualy the case with ultrawide lenses. You could maybe make one up using a uv filter and blackening the periphery with a candle or something. The only problem would be the huge diameter required (with a fish-eye) and how to attach it. Last edited by Banjo; 08-25-2009 at 06:48 PM.

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08-21-2009, 07:48 PM	#406
Nick Siebers Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Madison, WI Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,165	Here's a few more with the screw-in Samyang 0.15X adapter - they are improving, I think, but I suspect a ceiling with this accessory lens.

08-21-2009, 08:50 PM	#407
xjjohnno Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Melbourne Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,115	Banjo, I centre spot with a bit of reduction in the exposure. Current FE experiments are in using areas I expect to come out quite dark as framing for the pics. Not quite working but I'm getting there.

08-23-2009, 07:42 PM	#408
maxwell1295 Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Long Island, New York Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,703	From an event I shot this past Friday. Gotham Hall in NYC. Incredible venue...

08-24-2009, 10:52 PM - 1 Like	#410
tootall Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 422	My son became too dizzy before I got a shot I was 100% happy with At 10mm with the Pentax 10-17mm

08-24-2009, 11:22 PM	#411
Banjo Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 207	Originally posted by tootall My son became too dizzy before I got a shot I was 100% happy with At 10mm with the Pentax 10-17mm Nice shot. However did you hold the camera & release the shutter?

08-24-2009, 11:39 PM	#412
tootall Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 422	I connected the trigger cable and put into continuous mode. I also had to manually focus it before hand so a bit of hit a miss there, AF couldn't make its mind up. And a neck strap which just happens to be the right hight. Last edited by tootall; 08-25-2009 at 05:05 PM. Reason: Need to learn to read :)

08-25-2009, 02:55 AM	#413
xjjohnno Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Melbourne Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,115	Nah Banjo, the Samyang overexposes the brighter areas if I don't knock back the exposure. I lose those lovely sky colours replaced by either washed out or way too bright exposures. Next outing I might try area metering and see how the overall exposure works.

08-25-2009, 06:50 PM	#414
Banjo Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 207	Originally posted by xjjohnno Next outing I might try area metering and see how the overall exposure works. Well, keep posting them here!

08-25-2009, 07:59 PM	#415
Nick Siebers Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Madison, WI Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,165	Here's a look at the Wisconsin state capitol dome with a slight HDR effect. And here's a look at the Rotunda

08-25-2009, 09:49 PM	#416
Frank B Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 149	The pictures in this thread were one of main motivations towards my getting the 10-17mm Fisheye. It is quickly becoming one of my favorite travel lenses (along with the DA21). Here's one from a recent trip, taken in the Cathedral of St. Helena in Helena, Montana. 10mm, ISO 800, 1/15th at f4.0, handheld.

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08-25-2009, 09:57 PM	#417
Frank B Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 149	Here's one from a little closer to home, in Balboa Park in San Diego one recent evening. My friend Marty and I were doing some night shooting, this is a shot of his Canon displaying a shot of my K20D. You can't see it, but my LCD is displaying an earlier shot of his Canon. I guess if I was in to PS I could figure out a way that you could keep magnifying and see each camera, but this was just a matter of guessing at the length of time to keep his LCD lit in relation to the entire 30 sec exposure. I'm really liking the DA10-17. 30 sec at f11.0, ISO 100, 10mm.

08-25-2009, 10:03 PM	#418
Frank B Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 149	Might as well shoot some fish if I'm going to be using a fisheye. Lunch at the Fish Market Restaurant on Harbor Drive in San Diego. They do a good job with fresh trout. DA10-17, 1/250, f7.1, ISO 200, 10mm.

08-26-2009, 07:49 AM	#419
41ants Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: SRQ Photos: Albums Posts: 139	Love this lens. Snapped this one of my boy the other day.

08-26-2009, 08:18 AM	#420
attack11 Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa, ON - Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 658	some cityscape/landscape shots. i love this lens.