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A fisheye view of Palm trees in Santa Monica, CA.
It's a bit dark, I know... Oh well, they can't ALL turn out good, now can they?
Taken with the 8mm Peleng fisheye.
I have a cheap 0.42x semi-fisheye lens I often attach to my EF 18-55 when I'm out in the countryside, because it gives such a broad field of vision. At its tightest, it vignettes incredibly, but compresses about 120 degrees right into the tight circle you see here. The subject matter's rather mundane, but I've always prized this shot because it's just so focused on this one, tiny little aspect of the world. Not to be maudlin, but it evokes the idea of God considering some little detail of the Creation.
I believe Fisheye is the best camera for travelling especially when you are traveling with your love one.
Trying out something I read about on the Flickr Blog a while back. A peephole - or rather the "lens" cylinder that fits into the peephole - can be used as an El Cheapo fisheye lens with a compact camera. Just hold it directly in front of your lens on your P&S (make sure not to scratch the lens), zoom to the tele end and fire away. Below are a couple of samples using a Canon Digital Ixus 700.
Obviously this is not gonna be state-of-the-art in resolution and sharpness. Actually this is probably a whole lot more fun and impressive if you're drunk and your vision is blurry anyway. Be careful if you decide to use it as a party trick though, bringing your own peephole to a party could give you a creepy reputation.