Fisheye Fever Club -- Flaunt your fisheye photos!

Pentikonian · 12-09-2019, 11:42 PM

Originally posted by wm_brant

I love to shoot architecture with a fisheye lens. Here is a shot taken with my DA 10-17 (older [IF] version) at 10mm on my KP.
The location is the Old Capitol building in Iowa City. Cross-posted from the 'Post Your Best KP Shots' thread.

Love the tones, the lines/ curves. Very cool!

Pentikonian · 12-09-2019, 11:43 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Aaron28

zenitar 16/f2.8....k-1

Your pup pics always get a grin from me.

bdery · 12-10-2019, 06:06 AM

Originally posted by wm_brant

I love to shoot architecture with a fisheye lens. Here is a shot taken with my DA 10-17 (older [IF] version) at 10mm on my KP.
The location is the Old Capitol building in Iowa City. Cross-posted from the 'Post Your Best KP Shots' thread.

That is a fantastic image. I'm sure the people responsible for taht building would be happy to hang it somewhere inside. Or they should be.

**Sir Nameless** · 12-10-2019, 06:51 AM

Originally posted by wm_brant

The location is the Old Capitol building in Iowa City.

This is really, really good, thanks for sharing! This is one of those perfect uses for the fisheye (IMO). I love how the railings and balusters all look very natural around the edges and in the corners of the frame. If you shot that with a rectilinear, I'm guessing that they'd all be stretched out and weird looking.

**wm_brant** · 12-10-2019, 07:22 AM

Originally posted by Pentikonian

Love the tones, the lines/ curves. Very cool!

Thank you. I was very pleased with how the picture turned out. I think I could do a bit more with the overall tonality of the picture, so I plan to keep working on it.

Originally posted by bdery

That is a fantastic image. I'm sure the people responsible for taht building would be happy to hang it somewhere inside. Or they should be.

Thanks! The Old Capitol is currently a part of the University of Iowa, and if I were a student there - or even one of their alumni - I might have a chance to get it hung there. Alas, I'm not either one, so I'll have to be content with hanging it on my walls.

Originally posted by Sir Nameless

This is really, really good, thanks for sharing! This is one of those perfect uses for the fisheye (IMO). I love how the railings and balusters all look very natural around the edges and in the corners of the frame. If you shot that with a rectilinear, I'm guessing that they'd all be stretched out and weird looking.

Again, thank you! I did take some pictures of the stairway with a DA 15mm and while they turned out very well, those images don't have near the impact of the fisheye ones. I couldn't believe my luck when I tried cropping the picture and saw how much just a little cropping improved the picture.

bdery · 12-10-2019, 02:04 PM

Originally posted by wm_brant

Thanks! The Old Capitol is currently a part of the University of Iowa, and if I were a student there - or even one of their alumni - I might have a chance to get it hung there. Alas, I'm not either one, so I'll have to be content with hanging it on my walls.

I was thinking more in the lines of selling it to them. For their benefit, not yours...

northcoastgreg · 12-10-2019, 02:46 PM - **2 Likes**

North Jetty to Humboldt Bay, with the F 17-28:

Aaron28 · 12-10-2019, 03:31 PM

Originally posted by Pentikonian

Your pup pics always get a grin from me.

hahaha! thank you! appreciate that....it's great to share the joy

**Sir Nameless** · 12-10-2019, 05:32 PM - **2 Likes**

Here's one of my favorites from the 10-17 so far. Shot at 15mm, handheld (no place to stick a tripod, believe me), f/18, 1/5 sec to try to get some flowy water. One of the cool things about this lens is how tolerant it is to being handheld due to how wide it is. No de-fishing in post. To my eye, there is nothing unnaturally distorted here.

northcoastgreg · 12-12-2019, 03:41 PM - **3 Likes**

Early morning on the Jetty, with the F 17-28:

**RGlasel** · 12-12-2019, 09:55 PM - **4 Likes**

Two examples where I had taken similar shots with the DA 15 Ltd last year and discovered this year that a fisheye perspective works better. My fisheye is the Rokinon 8mm.

The view out our patio doors once the lights are plugged in.

The only way to get all of our backyard into the same photo.

womble · 12-14-2019, 04:35 AM - **1 Like**

I've been sorting out my Lightroom libraries etc. after a series of events I won't bore you with and rediscovering old images I had never worked on before. This one was shot using a Pentax MX, SMC Pentax "K" 17mm fisheye and Fuji Neopan 100 film. (Cross-posted with other relevant threads.)

Camperdown cemetery, Sydney, 2013.

Sydney tree roots par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

Wasp · 12-14-2019, 08:11 AM

Originally posted by Sir Nameless

Here's one of my favorites from the 10-17 so far. Shot at 15mm, handheld (no place to stick a tripod, believe me), f/18, 1/5 sec to try to get some flowy water. One of the cool things about this lens is how tolerant it is to being handheld due to how wide it is. No de-fishing in post. To my eye, there is nothing unnaturally distorted here.

Great shot! Fisheyes work very well when used like this. About the only straight line in nature is the horizon.

**Sir Nameless** · 12-14-2019, 08:29 AM

Originally posted by Wasp

Great shot! Fisheyes work very well when used like this. About the only straight line in nature is the horizon.

Thanks! Trees give me a hard time in a lot of circumstances, since we want those to be straight usually. But, that said, this lens is far from the one trick pony that some people make it out to be.

---------- Post added 12-14-19 at 08:30 AM ----------

Originally posted by womble

I've been sorting out my Lightroom libraries etc. after a series of events I won't bore you with and rediscovering old images I had never worked on before. This one was shot using a Pentax MX, SMC Pentax "K" 17mm fisheye and Fuji Neopan 100 film. (Cross-posted with other relevant threads.)

Camperdown cemetery, Sydney, 2013.

Sydney tree roots par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

Very nice! Love the way you composed this!

northcoastgreg · 12-15-2019, 06:44 PM - **4 Likes**

Patrick's Point SP, with the F 17-28:

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12-09-2019, 11:42 PM	#3541
Pentikonian Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Arizona Posts: 780	Originally posted by wm_brant I love to shoot architecture with a fisheye lens. Here is a shot taken with my DA 10-17 (older [IF] version) at 10mm on my KP. The location is the Old Capitol building in Iowa City. Cross-posted from the 'Post Your Best KP Shots' thread. Love the tones, the lines/ curves. Very cool!

12-09-2019, 11:43 PM - 1 Like	#3542
Pentikonian Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Arizona Posts: 780	Originally posted by Aaron28 zenitar 16/f2.8....k-1 Your pup pics always get a grin from me.

12-10-2019, 06:06 AM	#3543
bdery Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Quebec city, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 9,362	Originally posted by wm_brant I love to shoot architecture with a fisheye lens. Here is a shot taken with my DA 10-17 (older [IF] version) at 10mm on my KP. The location is the Old Capitol building in Iowa City. Cross-posted from the 'Post Your Best KP Shots' thread. That is a fantastic image. I'm sure the people responsible for taht building would be happy to hang it somewhere inside. Or they should be.

12-10-2019, 06:51 AM	#3544
Sir Nameless Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mass a chew sits Photos: Gallery Posts: 574	Originally posted by wm_brant The location is the Old Capitol building in Iowa City. This is really, really good, thanks for sharing! This is one of those perfect uses for the fisheye (IMO). I love how the railings and balusters all look very natural around the edges and in the corners of the frame. If you shot that with a rectilinear, I'm guessing that they'd all be stretched out and weird looking.

12-10-2019, 07:22 AM	#3545
wm_brant Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Central Iowa, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 173	Originally posted by Pentikonian Love the tones, the lines/ curves. Very cool! Thank you. I was very pleased with how the picture turned out. I think I could do a bit more with the overall tonality of the picture, so I plan to keep working on it. Originally posted by bdery That is a fantastic image. I'm sure the people responsible for taht building would be happy to hang it somewhere inside. Or they should be. Thanks! The Old Capitol is currently a part of the University of Iowa, and if I were a student there - or even one of their alumni - I might have a chance to get it hung there. Alas, I'm not either one, so I'll have to be content with hanging it on my walls. Originally posted by Sir Nameless This is really, really good, thanks for sharing! This is one of those perfect uses for the fisheye (IMO). I love how the railings and balusters all look very natural around the edges and in the corners of the frame. If you shot that with a rectilinear, I'm guessing that they'd all be stretched out and weird looking. Again, thank you! I did take some pictures of the stairway with a DA 15mm and while they turned out very well, those images don't have near the impact of the fisheye ones. I couldn't believe my luck when I tried cropping the picture and saw how much just a little cropping improved the picture.

12-10-2019, 02:04 PM	#3546
bdery Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Quebec city, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 9,362	Originally posted by wm_brant Thanks! The Old Capitol is currently a part of the University of Iowa, and if I were a student there - or even one of their alumni - I might have a chance to get it hung there. Alas, I'm not either one, so I'll have to be content with hanging it on my walls. I was thinking more in the lines of selling it to them. For their benefit, not yours...

12-10-2019, 02:46 PM - 2 Likes	#3547
northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,175	North Jetty to Humboldt Bay, with the F 17-28:

12-10-2019, 03:31 PM	#3548
Aaron28 Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,131	Originally posted by Pentikonian Your pup pics always get a grin from me. hahaha! thank you! appreciate that....it's great to share the joy

12-10-2019, 05:32 PM - 2 Likes	#3549
Sir Nameless Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mass a chew sits Photos: Gallery Posts: 574	Here's one of my favorites from the 10-17 so far. Shot at 15mm, handheld (no place to stick a tripod, believe me), f/18, 1/5 sec to try to get some flowy water. One of the cool things about this lens is how tolerant it is to being handheld due to how wide it is. No de-fishing in post. To my eye, there is nothing unnaturally distorted here.

12-12-2019, 03:41 PM - 3 Likes	#3550
northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,175	Early morning on the Jetty, with the F 17-28:

12-12-2019, 09:55 PM - 4 Likes	#3551
RGlasel Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Saskatoon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,229	Two examples where I had taken similar shots with the DA 15 Ltd last year and discovered this year that a fisheye perspective works better. My fisheye is the Rokinon 8mm. The view out our patio doors once the lights are plugged in. The only way to get all of our backyard into the same photo.

12-14-2019, 04:35 AM - 1 Like	#3552
womble Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hertfordshire Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,324	I've been sorting out my Lightroom libraries etc. after a series of events I won't bore you with and rediscovering old images I had never worked on before. This one was shot using a Pentax MX, SMC Pentax "K" 17mm fisheye and Fuji Neopan 100 film. (Cross-posted with other relevant threads.) Camperdown cemetery, Sydney, 2013. Sydney tree roots par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

12-14-2019, 08:11 AM	#3553
Wasp Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Pretoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,661	Originally posted by Sir Nameless Here's one of my favorites from the 10-17 so far. Shot at 15mm, handheld (no place to stick a tripod, believe me), f/18, 1/5 sec to try to get some flowy water. One of the cool things about this lens is how tolerant it is to being handheld due to how wide it is. No de-fishing in post. To my eye, there is nothing unnaturally distorted here. Great shot! Fisheyes work very well when used like this. About the only straight line in nature is the horizon.

12-14-2019, 08:29 AM	#3554
Sir Nameless Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mass a chew sits Photos: Gallery Posts: 574	Originally posted by Wasp Great shot! Fisheyes work very well when used like this. About the only straight line in nature is the horizon. Thanks! Trees give me a hard time in a lot of circumstances, since we want those to be straight usually. But, that said, this lens is far from the one trick pony that some people make it out to be. ---------- Post added 12-14-19 at 08:30 AM ---------- Originally posted by womble I've been sorting out my Lightroom libraries etc. after a series of events I won't bore you with and rediscovering old images I had never worked on before. This one was shot using a Pentax MX, SMC Pentax "K" 17mm fisheye and Fuji Neopan 100 film. (Cross-posted with other relevant threads.) Camperdown cemetery, Sydney, 2013. Sydney tree roots par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity Very nice! Love the way you composed this!

12-15-2019, 06:44 PM - 4 Likes	#3555
northcoastgreg Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern Michigan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,175	Patrick's Point SP, with the F 17-28: