HDR/fisheye

[Dan Cattermole]

Just experimenting with my new lens. Loving it!!
I carried out a few tests etc.....
I have noticed it has a very high contrast in every shot taken no matter where you are, what you take, and whatever setting you use. The histogram has a field day on when that lens is on. Alot of highlights and shadows detected.
So I thought I'd try some layering and get some balanced out tones in the take.

This is an example of 7 shots in one processed through Photomatix Pro then LR3.
Not to over HDR'd I hope

And here is a single shot processed through LR. Man, this thing is wide! I love it! The angle that is, not the misses, she'd kill me if she knew I said that!!

Overall, I'm quite chuffed with the results of this lens.
I've been chirping on about a wide angle for ages, so I'm I'm happy that I've got this.
Build quality is brilliant, it has a nice solid heavy structure to it.
Image quality, some may say I'd be too generous to give it 7/10.
But but not much is to be expected with £220 really, I've had a go on the zuiko Olymus at LCE when they had it in a few months back and that I must say is an impressive bit of image quality producing bit of glass.
However, digging deeper at half a grand, tis to be expected!

Fisheye shall be attracted to the Oly for a while I should imagine.

Thanks for looking

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Really interesting! I love the second one especially. The first is maybe a little overworked, but I still like it. But I love the comp in the second, and colours too. Looks a lot of fun.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Thanks Rob,
It is alot of fun, but very very manual.
You can't focus through the viewfinder as the scale of the frame too very vast to see a specific point to focus on.
Apature is manual too..... It's a working mans lens this!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

A "real photographer's" lens? You are in the right place.

 

[Paul Lange]

I see you have discovered the wobbly wide world through a fisheye lens! Looks like a lot of fun.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Wobbly wide world!! I like that!
Weally wobbly wide world wonder lens......

 

[Kev Pugh]

Fisheye is great DD I love mine and use it no where near enough, love using it in the car though and your shot is a great one very Top Gear from some top gear

 

[Dan Cattermole]

That shot you did Kev with your fisheye is fantastic!!
I remember that! It's what made me save a few pennies for this badger.
Hope your doing well

 

[Kev Pugh]

Cheers Dan I'm OK ish still got a few health issues going on but still waking up in the morning, when that doesn't happen I'll start worrying

 

[Hamish Gill]

Am I missing something? What is the actual lens you have bought?

 

[Dan Cattermole]

http://www.realphotographersforum.com/lenses/6004-oh-how-much-fun-im-going-have-now.html

 

[Pete Sykes]

Just experimenting with my new lens. Loving it!!
I carried out a few tests etc.....
I have noticed it has a very high contrast in every shot taken no matter where you are, what you take, and whatever setting you use. The histogram has a field day on when that lens is on. Alot of highlights and shadows detected.
So I thought I'd try some layering and get some balanced out tones in the take.

This is an example of 7 shots in one processed through Photomatix Pro then LR3.
Not to over HDR'd I hope

And here is a single shot processed through LR. Man, this thing is wide! I love it! The angle that is, not the misses, she'd kill me if she knew I said that!!

Overall, I'm quite chuffed with the results of this lens.
I've been chirping on about a wide angle for ages, so I'm I'm happy that I've got this.
Build quality is brilliant, it has a nice solid heavy structure to it.
Image quality, some may say I'd be too generous to give it 7/10.
But but not much is to be expected with £220 really, I've had a go on the zuiko Olymus at LCE when they had it in a few months back and that I must say is an impressive bit of image quality producing bit of glass.
However, digging deeper at half a grand, tis to be expected!

Fisheye shall be attracted to the Oly for a while I should imagine.

Thanks for looking

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............ Would some "Fill In Flash" from an FL36 help any ????

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Haha!! Pete, are you sure you didn't work in sales?