I became extrenuously bored in my photo class today, so I grabbed my Nikon N65 (which i bought w/ a sigma 70-300mm for only $100) with a fisheye and wandered the halls. I went to Wal-Mart and got this roll developed and it cost $10... rip off. I seriously could have just waltzed out the door & no one would have known...cept me and my big dumb conscience.
well I got this one and i kinda like it...what about you?
<img src = "http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a392/afdlips/Mohi.jpg">

NIce idea, it seems a bit unlevel? and the building on the far right is some what distracting. I also think the composition would have woked better if the distant door and porch light were lined up.
Greg

purely from an "artistic" point of view.. its all curves.. its about curves.. the pointy bit of building showing in the top right would be better off not being there.. it jars..

but i like it.. constructive use of a fish eye..

trog

You got so much more distortion with your film camera.
Now go get better subjects.

purely from an "artistic" point of view.. its all curves.. its about curves.. the pointy bit of building showing in the top right would be better off not being there.. it jars..

but i like it.. constructive use of a fish eye..

trog

Of course, the curves can also be easily straightened with software. :D :D :D

Ronnoco

Needs more symmetry. The building roof line peeking over the top in the upper right breaks the flow of the photograph.

With the door in the back of the courtyard centered in the front arch/walkway framing this could be a fairly strong piece. You might even play with images of this nature with the very close foreground curvature being more pronounced and balanced from top to bottom as well as side to side.

At least you had a decent sky to work with on this occaision. I always hate finding a good potential photographic location with the chance for many images and then just having grey or severe clear. Clouds almost always are a plus for color images of THIS type.

Of course, the curves can also be easily straightened with software. :D :D :D

Ronnoco
of course, that would render the use of the fisheye completely useless lol. thanks for the comments guys

"Of course, the curves can also be easily straightened with software"

ron was having a little joke at me adips.. but take note i said better off not being there.. i made no suggestion as to how to arrange it not to be there.. he he

a little point u missed i think ron..

trog

"Of course, the curves can also be easily straightened with software"

ron was having a little joke at me adips.. but take note i said better off not being there.. i made no suggestion as to how to arrange it not to be there.. he he

a little point u missed i think ron..

trog
ah... lol. sometimes when im in a hurry i burn through the comments, and i miss crucial details and words that make everything pull together. lol. initially in the shot i was just trying to center the Monarch High School sign. I unfortunately never took the time to look throughout the viewfinder.

of course, that would render the use of the fisheye completely useless lol. thanks for the comments guys

Not at all.! It depends on your purpose for using the fisheye. Is it for distortion, or for the wide angle and the amount you can get in the scene?

By the way, to belabour the obvious, the fisheye lens is best used in scenes were a curve or bend is normal or expected, like a stairway for example.

Ronnoco