Recently took the fisheye back out to use, testing out angles to get some nice shots, also starting to record using it too, So I may be uploading clips onto my YouTube channel within the summer, be sure to Subscribe to my YouTube channel beforehand so you can get notified when I start releasing skating videos. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx-2-QJMgf1xr3BuuntdzKQ
At this point I saw how blurry the people were and knew that I had to put my shutter speed to the max it could, like 1/4000.
After changing the shutter speed the skaters are much more focused, sharper and the image doesn't look bad, the ISO may be up by a lot but I think my camera may handle it well, unless then ISO wasn't all the way up then there we go.
Some people don't like this, but I do, the way the lens flare sort of captures your attention and then points you into the direction of the intended subject, being his shoe. Of course this wasn't something I focused on getting, it was just random of how it came out.
I love this photo too as it sort of shows some action taking place in two places at once, first of all the skater on the right (Owen) is walking away from where he was, maybe just after failing a trick or something, he is catching my eye with the brightly coloured tee he is wearing and then the lines of the skatepark direct me towards the skater on the left (Rowan) which is taking some huge air up the flatbank. He is also silhouetted which makes it look much better.
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You can also buy it to fit Nikon and Sony cameras. I had this camera in December and only recently started to use, it was sitting in my cupboard for ages and when I took my camera out to get some shots I only took my default kit lens and I'm really glad I used my fisheye because it was a different experience and all types of shots I got were fascinating. I posted some of the fisheye shots onto one of my posts the other day. http://streetshots-ds.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/fisheye-lens-testing-shots-skating.html
To get the shots I had, the camera had to be pretty close to the skater, which is pretty scary seeing as this lens is new and any bail could've broke the lens if the board happened to hit it.
A few test shots resulted in the skater being too far away and then the skater being too close, finding the right distance and angle turned out to look nice. If you make the angle capture the floor and the sky then it over exaggerates the height of the object the skater is gapping.
Maybe this isn't the best angle it could potentially get, I think the ledge looked bigger than it was. Being slightly taller than my kneecap, looking at the right side of this image it feels as though it's a lot bigger. Some other shots had me closer to the lens to make everything look bigger, or for the shot to just look nicer overall.
I feel like I could get much nicer shots as I didn't take any of these as I'm the one skating, although I did test with angles and do some other pictures, I will definitely be using this lens much more and not leaving it in my cupboard to collect dust. I also ollied up this ledge too, if you wanna see the video my mate put up then click the link and give her a thumbs up and support her channel by Subscribing, if you like my skating posts then you'll like the content she has to put out in the future.
In my opinion, the lens is very useful to get different shots from it, it can be used to experiment and play about with some shots, and it can also be very useful for recording skate videos. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that isn't taking photos of skating as I don't see any point in it being used for anything else. Here's a few videos i recommend to watch if you're ever thinking of buying this lens or a fisheye lens in general, whether you're a skater or not it may be useful, although I don't think fisheyes should be used for many things, people can still buy them to experiment, though.
These videos should show the potential of the lens and also give you a choice whether you want to get one or not, I recommend them but only if you're using them for skating.
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I've also made a Tumblr Blog page too, it's not me posting anything that I do on here, it's just to promote my page across different social medias but I will be posting some images on there time to time, and also re-sharing some of my favourite images that I find across tumblr, I could give shout outs on there too if you ask!
