Deck chairs...

For day five of my lens project I choose something out of the ordinary: a fisheye lens. Not an everyday optic to shoot with, admittedly, due to its (designed) inherent distortion, but fun to use from a graphic point of view. There are a number of posts on this blog containing fisheye images; the most recent one being  here, but it is an effect that can be easily overdone, and needs to be used sparingly to create impact in a photographers portfolio.

The most appealing feature of the fisheye is the fact that the straight line is banished in favour of curves; not to mention huge depth of field, so I select a local pier on the Dorset coast for today's shoot.

Just before I arrive the clouds roll in and I get caught in a hail storm, but this later proves to be a boon, as the wet planking of Boscombe pier - now rapidly drying once the sun reappears - creates an interesting foreground to the image. The deck chairs; the focal point.


10.5mm f/2.8G Fisheye Nikkor. 1/640 second at f/8. + 0.67 EV compensation. ISO 200


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