Interesting how the drama of looking up from the bottom of the huge set of stairs looks completely different when taken from the top of the same stairs, looking across.
@feenix00 -- what?? I thought I was centered because of the framing of the columns! Well, as you know, I am blind in my left eye so my "center" is over my right eye, which explains why I should have stepped a bit to my right. And with this lens, you can't crop or tilt or transform the image in any way so you have to get the composition right when you take it. Thanks for noticing and letting me know so i can try to compensate in the future.
@dide@taffy@777margo@feenix00@jamibann@inthecloud5@inthecloud5@golftragic@merrelyn@busylady@agedrunner -- thanks for your supportive comments and favs! I first tried this lens while living in Poland and was amazed by it -- but it's hard to fully appreciate a lens' potential when photographing the inside of a camera store. Sarah @pixiemac let me try hers a year later in Chicago, and I knew I loved it. But it was when Pam @Pamknowler let me use it on a photowalk that I was completely hooked. It's such a FUN lens. The one thing I've found is that its not very forgiving in terms of composition. You have to get it right in the camera because I haven't figured out how to change it in any way afterwards. Over the last year that I've had this lens, I've practiced seeing in my mind what might be a good 8mm fisheye composition. Still practicing, still having fun!
@jyokota It was just a smitch tilted to the right, not too badly :) And I noticed the asymmetry right away because of the stone joint (I assume the joints are supposed to be right in the middle -- architects thought this through I'm sure). So if your eyes have a bit of an issue with this, looking at something like the floor will definitely help
Nobody asked, but IMHO symmetry of man made objects, especially of interiors, is formal, sterile and lifeless. All display arts are better with a touch of what the Japanese call 'wabi-sabi': "... the art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in earthiness, of revering authenticity above all." https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/wabi-sabi
