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**WPRESTO** · 08-03-2016, 03:00 PM

A little pond nearby, partially defished

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**mattb123** · 08-03-2016, 03:32 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by WPRESTO

A little pond nearby, partially defished

A defished pond, eh? Leave the rod at home?

**WPRESTO** · 08-03-2016, 04:51 PM

Originally posted by mattb123

A defished pond, eh? Leave the rod at home?

Actually, this little pond, and another behind the trees on the far side of it, may be stocked annually as they are on the property of the local game-checking station. There are always fishermen around here on opening day, but by this late in the season there are no rod-and-reel folk to be seen because these waters are, well, defished.

**goatsNdonkey** · 08-05-2016, 08:08 AM

It looks like there is plenty of cover for little fish...if enough breeding size fish were left in the pond to reproduce.

**WPRESTO** · 08-05-2016, 09:47 AM

Originally posted by goatsNdonkey

It looks like there is plenty of cover for little fish...if enough breeding size fish were left in the pond to reproduce.

The pond beyond the plants on the far side of this one is a bit larger, doesn't have quite as much encroaching growth, and looks as though it's a bit deeper. I'm almost certain that one is stocked annually, but I'm not sure about this one. BTW: Up the road a mile or so is a large state-operated fish hatchery that supplies stock to a number of lakes/ponds, but especially the nearby, very large Quabbin Reservoir (area about 38.6 sq mi. = about 100 sq kilometers). The Quabbin is prominent on almost any map of MessyChewBits.

**mattb123** · 08-10-2016, 10:22 PM - **3 Likes**

This is cropped by about 1/3
K-3 & Rokinon 8mm

**WPRESTO** · 08-11-2016, 03:07 AM

Nicely done mattb. Did the rainbow accommodate by being more-or-less out your front door?
Test image from a recently acquired old manual-focus Sigma fish-eye on my K1. Not sure that I like this lens enough to keep it.

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**mattb123** · 08-11-2016, 12:02 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Nicely done mattb. Did the rainbow accommodate by being more-or-less out your front door?
Test image from a recently acquired old manual-focus Sigma fish-eye on my K1. Not sure that I like this lens enough to keep it.

Thanks and yes but it was from my back deck which is on the second story giving a nice clear view. I get a lot of rainbows and lightning shots from there.

Grippy · 08-13-2016, 02:45 AM - **3 Likes**

DA10-17mm fish

**WPRESTO** · 08-13-2016, 03:36 PM

I think this is a church rather than a chapel. Did enough PP to straighten the pillars

**mattb123** · 08-15-2016, 07:16 AM - **2 Likes**

K-S2 & Rokinon 8/3.5

**ThorSanchez** · 08-16-2016, 05:08 PM - **1 Like**

Rokinon 8mm with the K-3 II. From the boardwalk at Solomons Island, Maryland towards the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge. Three handheld exposures blended with HDR Efex Pro.

Grippy · 08-17-2016, 03:14 AM - **4 Likes**

**WPRESTO** · 08-17-2016, 03:54 AM

Just deleted a post I made earlier. The image was not taken with an FE, it was intended for posting on a different thread. Lost track of which thread I was on.

**goatsNdonkey** · 08-18-2016, 07:38 AM

I earlier posted experiments with the old Samigon 180-Degree Fisheye auxiliary lens I picked up earlier in the spring. It's designed to give a circular fisheye image when used with a main lens of the "normal" focal length for the format being used. You set that focal length on the Samigon, set the main lens to infinity and its widest aperture, and then stop down the Samigon 2 stops from it's widest aperture available (the range of stops is different depending on what main lens focal length is set). I've found that I get better sharpness stopping down about 3 stops, or just setting the Samigon to its middle aperture setting.

Using the Samigon FE with a 50mm prime on either my K110D or K10D, as can be seen in my earlier posts results in an oval image, since the 50 isn't really a normal lens for the frame size of the ASP-C sensor. So far I haven't succeeded in getting a circular image, tangent or nearly tangent to the frame, on these dslrs. But I'm also interested in finding out how to get a good rectangular image, without corner vignetting, from the Samigon FE. Earlier I tried pairing it with a 135mm prime, and that worked, but it also seemed to reduce too much of the FE effect. Yesterday, I tried pairing it with 100mm (using a 50mm + a 2x TC), and that worked better. Then I tried pairing it with 75mm (using a 50mm + a 1.5x TC); I was expecting to get vignetting that time but I did not!

I like the horizon bending background.

Part of the FE fun is combining near and far. The front of the lens combo is about 2 inches from the thistle blossom.

Did I only shoot verticals? No, but these were more interesting test shots than the horizontals I shot. I'm getting a 35mm prime to see if that will give me a large circular FE image on the cropped digital sensor. I tried a 28, and it makes the circle too small.

08-15-2016, 07:16 AM - 2 Likes	#2651
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08-03-2016, 03:32 PM - 1 Like	#2642
mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,873	Originally posted by WPRESTO A little pond nearby, partially defished A defished pond, eh? Leave the rod at home?

08-03-2016, 04:51 PM	#2643
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Originally posted by mattb123 A defished pond, eh? Leave the rod at home? Actually, this little pond, and another behind the trees on the far side of it, may be stocked annually as they are on the property of the local game-checking station. There are always fishermen around here on opening day, but by this late in the season there are no rod-and-reel folk to be seen because these waters are, well, defished.

08-05-2016, 08:08 AM	#2644
goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,736	It looks like there is plenty of cover for little fish...if enough breeding size fish were left in the pond to reproduce.

08-05-2016, 09:47 AM	#2645
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Originally posted by goatsNdonkey It looks like there is plenty of cover for little fish...if enough breeding size fish were left in the pond to reproduce. The pond beyond the plants on the far side of this one is a bit larger, doesn't have quite as much encroaching growth, and looks as though it's a bit deeper. I'm almost certain that one is stocked annually, but I'm not sure about this one. BTW: Up the road a mile or so is a large state-operated fish hatchery that supplies stock to a number of lakes/ponds, but especially the nearby, very large Quabbin Reservoir (area about 38.6 sq mi. = about 100 sq kilometers). The Quabbin is prominent on almost any map of MessyChewBits.

08-10-2016, 10:22 PM - 3 Likes	#2646
mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,873	This is cropped by about 1/3 K-3 & Rokinon 8mm

08-11-2016, 12:02 PM	#2648
mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,873	Originally posted by WPRESTO Nicely done mattb. Did the rainbow accommodate by being more-or-less out your front door? Test image from a recently acquired old manual-focus Sigma fish-eye on my K1. Not sure that I like this lens enough to keep it. Thanks and yes but it was from my back deck which is on the second story giving a nice clear view. I get a lot of rainbows and lightning shots from there.

08-13-2016, 02:45 AM - 3 Likes	#2649
Grippy Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Adelaide Posts: 816	DA10-17mm fish

08-17-2016, 03:14 AM - 4 Likes	#2653
Grippy Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Adelaide Posts: 816

08-17-2016, 03:54 AM	#2654
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Just deleted a post I made earlier. The image was not taken with an FE, it was intended for posting on a different thread. Lost track of which thread I was on.

08-18-2016, 07:38 AM	#2655
goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,736	I earlier posted experiments with the old Samigon 180-Degree Fisheye auxiliary lens I picked up earlier in the spring. It's designed to give a circular fisheye image when used with a main lens of the "normal" focal length for the format being used. You set that focal length on the Samigon, set the main lens to infinity and its widest aperture, and then stop down the Samigon 2 stops from it's widest aperture available (the range of stops is different depending on what main lens focal length is set). I've found that I get better sharpness stopping down about 3 stops, or just setting the Samigon to its middle aperture setting. Using the Samigon FE with a 50mm prime on either my K110D or K10D, as can be seen in my earlier posts results in an oval image, since the 50 isn't really a normal lens for the frame size of the ASP-C sensor. So far I haven't succeeded in getting a circular image, tangent or nearly tangent to the frame, on these dslrs. But I'm also interested in finding out how to get a good rectangular image, without corner vignetting, from the Samigon FE. Earlier I tried pairing it with a 135mm prime, and that worked, but it also seemed to reduce too much of the FE effect. Yesterday, I tried pairing it with 100mm (using a 50mm + a 2x TC), and that worked better. Then I tried pairing it with 75mm (using a 50mm + a 1.5x TC); I was expecting to get vignetting that time but I did not! I like the horizon bending background. Part of the FE fun is combining near and far. The front of the lens combo is about 2 inches from the thistle blossom. Did I only shoot verticals? No, but these were more interesting test shots than the horizontals I shot. I'm getting a 35mm prime to see if that will give me a large circular FE image on the cropped digital sensor. I tried a 28, and it makes the circle too small.