Took these with new lens- the Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8 fish. (on D70)
Since I've never owned glass this wide, I'd like some critique.







For comparison purposes, this was taken with my CoolPix 5400.


All four photographs were taken at sundown twilight on Southern California's Palos Verdes peninsula on Saturday, Feb. 26th.

Oh, I don't have one of those screen-sucking spiders to calibrate my monitor with so I apologize if the contrast or colors are way off for you. (I'm using an iceBook. 12" LCD screen set to "Millions of colors." Brightness set all the way up.)

Suggestions on lighting with a fisheye?
Distortion too distracting?
Curvature? (up or down?)
Already a cliché?

As stated, I only took delivery of this lens a few days ago. I haven't had a chance to try it out on multiple MINIs. (already have ideas for that scenario- in Vegas!)

Thanks in advance,
J/C

P/S: Give me a minute to get the NOMEX® in case I need it.

#3 is beautiful! You might crop the bottom 1/5 to 1/4 off though.

#1 I like the color a lot, but the driving light being angled down so far kind of bugs me (not sure why)

#2 I'm not really fond of this on. It looks too distorted. I wonder how that would look straightened out? (you could download a trial copy of Capture from NikonUSA and try that).

#4 is a little too underexposed (at least on my monitor :smile: )

Where in PV were these taken?

Maybe I need to start thinking about getting a fisheye.

love the pics


i took this one last year when i first bought my MINI with my old camera.

I wonder if Long Beach MINI will take my old Nikon FE for a Cooper S?

That's a cool pic, by the way. For some reason I like the flare effect.

Having not used a fisheye myself, how close are you to the car to take something like this? 2-3 feet? Also, has this been "straightened"?