Old Royal Naval College

[ionian]

I am very fortunate that I work in some of the most iconic buildings in the UK, possibly the world. However, I rarely get a chance to photograph this one! Back to the fish-eye...

[Dave Humphries]

Now that's how to shoot a fish eye!

[bje07]

Now that's how to shoot a fish eye!

+1.
Nice shot.

[Ziggy]

Looks good Simon.

[Dave A]

Wonderful image.

Dave

[Shadowman]

Nicely composed.

[rpcrowe]

Well shot and well adjusted...

[CP140]

Greenwich is such a nice pace to visit... haven't been there since...2010... when I took great satisfaction in taking a couple of shots of the hand held GPS reading W 000.00.00 and then E 000.00.00 I know... silly ex-Navigator tricks

[FootLoose]

Well executed, Simon.

[John 2]

Made for a fisheye Simon. I always carry mine. Nice shot. By the way, if you feel it worth pulling back some of the more extreme distortion e.g. the two domes, I use an inexpensive Photoshop plug in by Image Trends Inc. to adjust the effect (I think there is a stand alone version as well). What it can do is shown below i.e. you retain the effective foreground but restrain the sides a bit more. Not saying your shot needs it BTW. Just thought you might be interested.

[bnnrcn]

Your shots make me want to buy a fisheye lens Simon

[ionian]

Your shots make me want to buy a fisheye lens Simon

Do it! It's great fun. I've moved over to shooting micro four thirds exclusively (I sold my DSLR last week) and the fish eye for this system is tiny, it can easily fit in a pocket and therefore becomes a take-anywhere lens rather than a specialist tool.

John - thanks - yes, that looks better I think. I actually didn't apply any correction to the original, but because the main subject is along the centre line it didn't look too distorted - apart from the domes of course.

Many thanks to all for your kind comments!

[ionian]

Also, and I won't post this in a new thread as I can take very little credit for the technicalities (stand in the middle, point up and click), here is the ceiling of the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College as taken with a fisheye. Now, I didn't quite get the location perfect and so it is slightly more bowed on one side that the other, but it is still a stunning sight.

[John 2]

Oh, I didn't have a fisheye the last time I was there. I missed out. That's a stunning shot Simon. Might be worth pulling the mid tones down a bit though.