Fisheye meets the snow!

[Ian]

After yesterday's (laborious) wander with ZD 300mm f/2.8, today the less weighty delights of the ZD 8mm fisheye lens

Comments welcome!:


Carelessly composed I know, but I think the idea has potential!


Back on the Grand Unions Canal, but oddly this shot almost has no fishete feel to it.


This time I decided to warm the image up.


This is even warmer, but I like the result.


The branches that formed a spindly hand attracted my attention.


Finally, a view of the bridge over the canal in to the Paper Mill complex.

I think I will have some fun trying to get the most out of the fisheye.

Ian

[EH1]

Re: Fisheye meets the snow!

This is a lens I want to hire in the spring! I`ve always wanted one, but can`t justify the price for the amount of use it would get, so hiring is definately the route to go for me with this one.

[Zuiko]

Re: Fisheye meets the snow!

Ian, talk about going from one extreme to the other - is this some sort of subtle advertizing for the hire service?

No 6 is my favourite although I agree that the idea behind No 1 has enormous potential.

Like Edward I'll probably be tempted to hire this lens at some stage - more so since I've seen these pics so if that's your strategy it's certianly working!

What will you use tomorrow - something like the 35-100mm or 90-250mm I suppose?

[Guest]

Re: Fisheye meets the snow!

I think only the first shot actually have this 'fisheye feel', am really surprised how 'unfisheye' this lens is, or it could just be the landscape composition

I like number 1 best - Rubbish fish eye view.

[Zuiko]

Re: Fisheye meets the snow!

I think only the first shot actually have this 'fisheye feel', am really surprised how 'unfisheye' this lens is, or it could just be the landscape composition

I like number 1 best - Rubbish fish eye view.

So you don't think 3 & 4 are fisheye in character? - I'd have said it was quite pronounced! No 6 has it but much more subtle, probably why it is my favourite.

[Guest]

Re: Fisheye meets the snow!

I agree, 3 and 4 is quite but it just doesn't give quite as much of a feel as if subjects are closer (like number 1). It feels more like a distorted UWA lens than a wider field angle like a fisheye. You get what I mean?

[Zuiko]

Re: Fisheye meets the snow!

I agree, 3 and 4 is quite but it just doesn't give quite as much of a feel as if subjects are closer (like number 1). It feels more like a distorted UWA lens than a wider field angle like a fisheye. You get what I mean?

Oh yes, I quite agree. Any super-wide, but especially a fish-eye, is just made for real up-close foregrounds with tons of impact and perspective distortion!