The sky was amazing, the fisheye was crying out to be used, and I thought it was time to brave the 'other' balcony. This is the result -- three bracketed shots combined in Photomatix and processed in LR5. I've now decided a fisheye of my own is a must!
I'll be inconsistently online for the next week -- visiting @jyokota in Poland, combining work and some photo fun. Thank you for your wonderful comments and favs for my Bean image yesterday -- it made it to PP which made me feel great.
Fisheye and HDR at it's best.The road and traffic give such a strong impression of swirl that the sky is forced to support the implied movement, hence the cityscape is surrounded by movement. A great example of the mind filling the gaps on the sides of the image because of the strong vectors at the bottom of the frame.
Wonderful. So many colours, I love the fisheye effect on this one. Another balcony? Good on you for braving it. You must know by now my feelings on balconies.
WOW WOW WOW I must get myself a fish eye lens!! This is fabulous!! Well done for braving the balcony again!! Safe journey to Poland and have a great time with Junko - I am sure you will get some wonderful photos to blow our minds!! Huge Fav for this fab shot!!
@rachelwithey Heehee!!! Had to laugh as I've been busily pricing them, and Leslie just bought one -- @lesip -- that was reasonable, so I'm waiting to hear from her about how much she likes it -- the only downside is it's manual focus, but it works on DX and FX (cropped and full frame).
Fabulous shot, love the small world view you created here. I think you have to keep the fish-eye or if you have to return it, buy one for yourself, giving you fabulous results - fav
Excellent!! Fisheye arrived today but it's snowing to beat the band outside. Did put it on the camera and it utilizes the full frame . Told a couple shots out the window that looked pretty interesting on the back of the camera . Haven't loaded them on the lap top yet. Lots of snow pics so probably won't may my project today, time will tell.
This is an awesome shot, Taffy. I love what you are getting in your photos using this fisheye lens. You are sure getting brave to step outside too. FAV
Hi @lesip . Taffy mentioned that you'd bought a fisheye lens. Can I ask which one you bought and how much you paid? If you'd rather do that by e-mail I can let you have my e-mail address. Taffy - which one have you been using?
@rachelwithey@lesip
Hi Rachel -- I noticed you use a Canon, so this won't help directly, but the one I've been using is a Nikon DX AF Firsheye Nikkor 10.5mm/f2.8. It's about 3-4' long, fairly lightweight, and for a crop sensor camera. I have no idea of cost, but I always check for a used lens before buying a new one. I usually can save about 30% when I do that. There are some new ones out there for under $400 or even less for a Canon that I saw when I was searching. Have fun!
@taffy thanks Taffy - I'm going to save up and have a look I think. I've wondered about getting a wide angle lens but I don't really take the kind of photos that need one but this would give me the distortion as well that I think I'd enjoy. Have fun in Poland
@bill_fe I've gotten a 50mm from eBay, and a few others from Calumet. I'd just check a reputable camera store -- not a chain. Since lenses don't really wear out, you can save a ton. They will buy back lenses too, but I don't find the pricing very enticing. For example, I have another 50mm that works on the Nikon models up to the D610 (an FX version so it acts as a 70mm on a DX frame) but they will give me so little for it, that I figure someone I know may end up wanting one and I could then give them a great price instead. But for buying, camera stores are a great option.
I seem to have missed TT this week and was just browsing and saw you at number one and then again lower down the rankings. Another double Taffy! Well done and so well deserved with these fab fish eye lens shots!
Wow! I just gave you your 80th fav! Missed this till now. This is amazing, to say the least. Congrats on the number one, and well deserved, spot on the TT, Taffy.
@bill_fe It's hard to tell. The 'old' Calumet had a person I worked with throughout. He knew what I did and would occasionally alert me when a lens came in that I was looking for. The 'new' Calumet isn't set up yet in a way that I can tell with much used inventory, but I can see they are doing fairs, etc. to bring it in. And I'm not looking for anything at the moment so am out of touch (except maybe a full-frame fisheye!).
Awesome!!!
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Hi Rachel -- I noticed you use a Canon, so this won't help directly, but the one I've been using is a Nikon DX AF Firsheye Nikkor 10.5mm/f2.8. It's about 3-4' long, fairly lightweight, and for a crop sensor camera. I have no idea of cost, but I always check for a used lens before buying a new one. I usually can save about 30% when I do that. There are some new ones out there for under $400 or even less for a Canon that I saw when I was searching. Have fun!