In mid-August I grew my Lensbaby family with a Fisheye lens, which was then on sale (September 1st is the last day to get a nice $100 off of the lens). Due to a nasty backache I haven’t been able to shoot much lately, but I did take the new lens on two shorter walks with me. The first one was in a nearby park on an overcast day, and the second one was to Descanso Gardens near Los Angeles. Using the Fisheye lens certainly has a learning curve.
During my first walk I featured my feet in most of the images, because I didn’t want to include too much of the empty, boring sky in the pictures. Instead, my shoes made their regular appearance, which I only noticed at home. I was more careful with this during my second trip. I also felt that the sunny day provided more opportunities for interesting pictures than the overcast one. I tried incorporating the Sun in some of my images, and the reflection ring around the pictures also added to their interest.
I personally like those pictures the best that fill most of the round frame, and where I was able to get very close to the main subject (as close as 1cm!). I will be looking for interesting subjects to shoot with the Fisheye lens.
Here is an image selection from my two walks:
1. Bosque Walking/Biking Trail in Irvine
2. Descanso Gardens
This post is part of a group of posts about Lensbaby related topics. At the beginning of each month we feature images and stories taken with our Lensbaby lenses, and link to each other. Next up in the blog circle is Jessica, please click this link to see her post and keep following the circle!
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