My books are available there and Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target, Booktopia, Books A Million, IBS, and Aladin. Head on over to the Ken Lee Photography website to purchase books or look at night photography and long exposure prints and more. An abandoned waterpark becomes a surreal display of light and shadow with a fisheye lens. Explore a little and see what each one offers. Of course, there are many different types of fisheye lens. Although it’s manual focus, it’s rather easy and forgiving to focus. I have been using a Rokinon 12mm 2.8 fisheye lens since 2017. Landscapes can get in on the weird act too! Night photo in Utah with a fisheye lens. But for creative purposes? I say yes! As you may suspect, this is a night photo of an abandoned mining camp deep in the Mojave Desert.Ī lot of times, we need to address keystoning, straight lines on buildings or other things, and maintain proper perspective. If you were a real estate photographer, this might not work. Don’t worry about straight lines Don’t worry about straight lines. The elements in the distance fall away and look small, while anything up close looks larger than life. ![]() Objects in your lens may appear larger than they are Bathtub al fresco at night at an abandoned farmhouse, photographed by a fisheye lens up close. Or you can photograph panoramas by combining several photos and fixing the distortion in post-processing. You may also use PTLens, which gives a lot of control over lens correction. Photoshop and other programs can address this. I should add here that if you wish, you can use a fisheye lens and fix the distortion later if you choose not to have it. And do so easily! Context is key for a lot of photos. Get a lot of what is going on around you. This means that you can shoot faster and capture the stars as pinpoints, if that’s what you want to do. And as a bonus, a lot of fisheye lens have wide apertures. This is great for night photography, astrophotography, and so forth. A lot of times, what is on the ground will surround the periphery, cradling the photo. That 180-degree view (or so) works wonders for capturing the whole sky. Made from 20 light frames (captured with a NIKON CORPORATION camera) by Starry Landscape Stacker 1.6.1. Or add a surreal or psychedelic look to some portraits or album covers! Or we can jam it in close to something to get an almost macro view, going for detail. After all, who looks at the world from a fisheye perspective regularly – besides, well, fish? Fisheye lens allows us to pull back and get a beautiful, distorted 180-degree view of the world. New perspectives Abandoned mining camp with fisheye lens.Įven if I have been to a location numerous times before, I can always count on fisheye lens to give me a new glimpse into the world. A fisheye lens seems to create a lot of ideas. However, if I attach a fisheye lens, I feel like it turbo-charges my creativity. I’ve gotten calls before that distracted my creative process. There have been times in which I have been doing night photography and was stuck or distracted. Instant creativity is my number one reason why I love fisheye lenses. Abandoned airplane underneath the Milky Way. ![]() Instant creativity The fisheye here, along with the light painting makes the scene look even more otherworldly. To discuss terms for using these images, please contact me If you have suggestions for underwater photography tips, or questions, please feel free to leave comments below.A fisheye lens may be exactly what you need in your photography bag. All images are copyrighted by Brook Peterson and may only be used with written permission. The hemispherical lens (also known as a fisheye or whole-sky lens) was originally designed by Robin Hill (1924) to view the entire sky for meteorological studies of cloud formation. The lens embraces classic fisheye distortion but mixes it with a few features like autofocus with a. My photographs are taken with a Nikon D810 in Sea and Sea Housing using two YS-D1 Strobes. The Panasonic 8mm f3.5 doesn’t try to hide the fact that it’s a fisheye. Don’t forget to follow me here at waterdogphotographyblog and please feel free to share on Facebook or other social media. Please subscribe below! I promise that I will protect your privacy and I will never sell or share your e-mail.Īs always, if you enjoy my images please visit my website,, or give me a like on facebook at Waterdog Photography Brook Peterson. Please enjoy my tutorial which was published by Dive Photo Guide on using a circular fisheye lens. Have you ever tried using a specialty lens for your underwater photography? The circular fisheye lens is a fun and challenging way to take advantage of your camera’s capabilities.
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