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I’ve posted several images of the mock-up Space Shuttle cockpit down at Space Center Houston before but here’s another one taken on my last visit. This time, I used the 15mm fisheye lens and stuck my camera as far through the gap in the plexiglass screen behind the seats as possible. Although this lens is actually less wide than the 14-24mm at its widest, the distortion actually means that more of the scene is visible. If I corrected the distortion in Lightroom, I would loose a bunch of the bits and pieces around the edge and end up with less in the frame than if I had used the other lens.
I must admit to having a bit of a love affair with this Sigma 15mm fisheye lens. I very much enjoy the creative effect that I get with it when used on scenes that contain either a lot of linear elements or curves that run across the whole frame. I do, however, have to be careful not to use it on the wrong scenes since it can make some images look very disturbing – try shooting a landscape with the horizon in the bottom half of the frame and you’ll see what I mean. To me, though, this cockpit provides a scene that definitely works when shot with the fisheye. What do you think?
Yes, it works very well! The fisheye is good for this and I’ve found it works great for stadiums. It seems that if something you wish to shoot has curves in it already, like the curves rows of seating in the aforementioned stadium, the fisheye helps immensely. Nice work, Dave.
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Stadiums are great – I’ve used mine in the Erwin Center and Texas Memorial Stadium. I had no idea you had treated yourself to a fisheye too, Evan!
Why yes I did a couple of months ago. I’m particularly fond of this shot here:
http://egearingphoto.blogspot.com/2012/09/university-of-michigan-band-at-jerrys.html
It’s fun to play with that distortion… Keep up the good work, Dave!
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Great shot Dave. Gives a great perspective of the cockpit.
As for the fisheye, spot on about having the horizon at the bottom of the frame, but if you put the horizon at the top part of the scene, you can get some magical images.
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Thanks guys!
Evan, that’s a fabulous image! I posted a comment on it offering some hints on removing colour fringes. I hope it’s helpful.