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3 Wide Angle Black and White People Shots
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Got a new fisheye just before christmas, here are some of the first shots..Would be grateful to get any feedback – good or bad..and any tips for improvement
Cafe Scene
Pub Scene
Music Scene
I’ve been shooting with Fisheye’s for about 5 or 6 years now. They are great fun. When I first got one I loved how you could get so much in. This soon got a little repetitive. It can be hard to compose a shot with a fisheye with such a wide angle of view. One thing I found that can work really well is to get extremely close to the subjuct to bring the DoF right down. This can really help with composition so the subject is the main focal point.
It can give interesting portraits too, although not the most flattering as it makes features such as the nose look expanded or bloated. I know I have some B&W prints at home somewhere of portraits that I can post for you to see.
Because of the wide nature of the lens, I’ve found it really useful to accentuate natural curved lines in images. They are also useful when you get close to put something in context, where you have the main subjuct close lens and dominant in the frame while allowing the background to explain where, how etc…
alot of people say the fishey look can get boring after a while. I agree, it can if its used like any other lens, but use it properly and it will never stop people finding even the simplest shot interesting. Fisheyes let you break all the conventional rules and get away with it! If you’ve got a steady hand, you can get away with ridiculously long handheld shutter speeds :!:
One thing you have to be careful with though is with high contrast situations(especially bright sunny outdoor shots) where the sky is dominant. It will totally confuse your light metre and can cause you to shots to be underexposed. I’ve found its best to use spot metering to measure highlights and shadow areas and make a compromise.
My old 15mm fisheye from when I shot 35mm works a treat on my DSLR now as an ultra wide 22mm retaining some of the fisheye properties with curving lines.
Here are some fisheye shots I have on my harddrive here in work. Hope they are of some help!
Fishey on a Fish.
Accentuating curved lines.Top shot is the one for me here… the way you get to see the context (as pete noted) with the cups/sugar in front and the scene behind… and all the lines lead in to the face. Don’t think it works as well for the other shots – maybe because there’s no central point of interest and/or lines leading the eye in?
Love the ‘high key’ look too…
Take it easy,
David.Thanks for the comments Dave, and thanks Pete for some wise words with images to back them up. They are some great examples of using the fisheye, definetly something to think about when putting it to use in the future. I would definitely be interested in some of your B&W portraits if its not too much hassle to post them..
Dave
Dave,
I could only find 2 here in my place, the rest are probably still at my folks house.
The first one was shot with Kodak 3200 film so thats whay its super grainy. Apart from being able to see me and the camera in the reflection I wanted to use the similar fisheye effect the glasses had to show some of what was behind the camera.The Second one was taken years ago. Not an original self portrait on my behalf I’ll admit, but a nice idea I thought so I gave it a shot. The original print I have here was extremely flat and not contrasty so I adjusted it a good bit in PS.
GWAN THE STRAND!!!
AND GO ON EVAN AND BRIANY! Two excellent muscicians!
I think the second one is the best. The scene seems best suited to fisheye due to the amount to look at in it. I quite like it!
I like the first one too but Id really love to see a small bit of eye contact!
Thanks for posting those Pete, love the glasses in the first one and interesting idea for the second..
I though you might recognise the last two Tim…hadnt been upstairs myself in their, nice little spot.
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Thanks for posting those Pete, love the glasses in the first one and interesting idea for the second..
I though you might recognise the last two Tim…hadnt been upstairs myself in their, nice little spot.
yeah tis only there a short while really. tis handy in such a small pub. lovely spot though. anyway, straying off topic here!
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