In keeping with my recently adopted policy of limiting myself to shooting with just one prime lens for at least one day of the week - purely for sharpening my eye in composition - today it's the turn of the fisheye lens. This ultra-wide lens, with all its inherent distortion, produces graphic effects that can easily be overdone if the photographer is not careful. However, it is a refreshing change not to have to worry about straight horizons or converging verticals in a photograph once in a while, and just have fun taking pictures.
The real risk is including part of myself in the image when using this type of lens, such is the angle of view of this optic - 180º across the diagonal. Accidental inclusion of feet; or even elbows dogged my early efforts with something so extreme.
The photograph is of the beach huts in the front of Boscombe Spa Village, Poole bay, caught just before the light faded due to a cloud bank that rolled in from the south, and is lit by indirect light from the horizon.
10.5mm f/2.8G Fisheye Nikkor. 1/100 second at f/11. -0.33 EV compensation. ISO 400
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