Wide angle stars and shoreline at the bay.

[SpeedingSphere]

Took my 8mm out this weekend and got some photos of stars, 180 degree shots. Positioned my camera on the dock right at the waters edge, and some with the dock posts in the photos. The one with the curved reflection was off of the top of the car. Let me know your favorite and what works best! Thanks! Hope you like them.

ps. apologies for the size. anything smaller lost much detail.

[Chunk]

Looks like you had fun. It makes me wish I had some wide glass too.

I tried a color balance adjustment to try and get the posts looking more like weathered wood and like what it did to the overall color.

[SpeedingSphere]

i tried that, but it made the sky way too blue. I think if I re-do them in PS, I'll just select the wood and WB that, and then select the sky and do that seperately as well.

thanks for posting!

[Loupey]

Fun stuff. I like #4. Nice job getting the stars to show up in such a wide shot.

Perhaps you can put your camera in the center of a satellite dish? Fun to sit and think of different variations of this.

[SpeedingSphere]

I could try that, but we have none. maybe stick it inside a pot. lol! give me some ideas to try with the 8mm, I'll be glad to give them a shot.

[Loupey]

Night shots would be restrictive but how about a shot straight up during sunrise/sunset from a bed of flowers (tulips) or from a field of weeds with either high Cirrus clouds or threatening Cumulonimbus clouds.

Or find a scene which allows you to split the image exactly in half for a earth/sky or sky/water theme.

An approaching electrical storm would be awesome too.

[SpeedingSphere]

no flowers around here yet, still in the 40's. I have some tulips that are coming up that i could try, but that would wind up including my house in the photo as well, and quite possibly myself, although I could use a timer, lol.. I live 45 mins from the shore, so no decent sunrise photos here.. :-/

I could do the earth/sky and sky/water theme though. Next time I'm at the beach by the pier I'll give it a try. The pier could be a fun place for some heavy wide angle shots. carnival rides and such.. heh..

We're in the middle of a thunder storm right now.. down pouring.. should have thought of that idea a day or two ago.

Thanks for the suggestions!

[Loupey]

Got another one for ya (although not N/W related ):

1) with a beautiful cloud strewn sky, place the camera on the ground in the midst of rush-pour foot traffic near buildings. Use the 10 second timer and blend in with the people.

2) same but inside a cavernous building (like the capital building)

The "people scapes" would look terrific IMO. Most people would not realize that your lens has a 180-degree FOV and would act naturally around it (except for the fact that a camera is laying on the ground).

Perhaps better to use a cable release so people know it is yours. Just don't know how you can avoid being too dominant/distracting in the shot that way.

[big baldo]

from a field of weeds with either high Cirrus clouds or threatening Cumulonimbus clouds

LOL, Please tell me that you had to google that! At least the spelling!!

[SpeedingSphere]

Got another one for ya (although not N/W related ):

1) with a beautiful cloud strewn sky, place the camera on the ground in the midst of rush-pour foot traffic near buildings. Use the 10 second timer and blend in with the people.

2) same but inside a cavernous building (like the capital building)

The "people scapes" would look terrific IMO. Most people would not realize that your lens has a 180-degree FOV and would act naturally around it (except for the fact that a camera is laying on the ground).

Perhaps better to use a cable release so people know it is yours. Just don't know how you can avoid being too dominant/distracting in the shot that way.

I wouldnt trust it on the ground amidst a bunch of people, $1200 in gear lying out in the middle of the path is too good to pass up i'd think. lol..

Inside a large building would be very cool indeed. The 180 degree fov is cut off a bit on the sides and top, but its quite complete imo. I'd rather have a full 180 degrees. That'd be perfect. Circular photos are so fun to look at. I love looking at shorelines, horizons and such with the camera positioned vertical. Thanks again for the tips! I should post a thread asking for requests and I'll try to get alot done. Other people can participate also with their WA lenses. I'll go do that now!

[Loupey]

LOL, Please tell me that you had to google that! At least the spelling!!

Hey now, give me some credit

Well, OK - perhaps I did have to confirm the spelling of Cumulonimbus

SpeedingSphere - cool, I look forward to sitting back and seeing everyone's superwide angle images! My 17-40mm doesn't even come close to qualifying.