This is my last series of street photography in Hong Kong using a Fisheye lens. Fisheye lenses are often considered a ‘no-no’ among professional landscape and cityscape photographers. People see them as not much more than a gimmick. I often hear complaints about fisheye lenses because of ‘that ugly distortion’. I am a one camera one lens person and have strongly benefited from this approach, as it makes me pay more attention to what's happening on the street rather than worrying about which camera or lens combination would work best for a particular type of scene. I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical about fisheye lenses myself. However, after using the fisheye for a while I slowly began to love it. There are just so much possibilities with fisheye lenses. And most important of all, they are super fun to use. Just think of crazy vertigos from rooftops or images in which distorted lines actually give meaning to an image. My fisheye lens has become a tool for so many interesting shots, and it’s now one of my favourite lenses. 鱼眼镜头通常被认为是一种 “非专业” 的镜头,无论是专业风景摄影师或者城市摄影师用得都不多,因为鱼眼镜头具有非常夸张的透视畸变效果,所以在很多人眼里鱼眼镜头也就是个噱头罢了,出不了专业的作品。但是凡事从无到有总有个过程。我一开始也不太喜欢鱼眼镜头,总觉得像一个玩具, 但喝了鱼眼这口毒奶之后发现真是欲罢不能。简单来说鱼眼照片之所以让我感到有趣,是因为拍摄出来的画面跟我肉眼所见差别很大:直线可以变弯曲,透视畸变在这里可以夸张无比。如果拍摄的照片是以线条为主,那么甚至可以实现各种平时非肉眼常见的景色。 鱼眼镜头,我说这镜头魅力无穷,关键是很适合香港紧凑到逼戾的街道。香港一直是我心目中魔幻城市第一名。典型的香港街头场景,信息爆炸,寸土寸金,鱼眼的夸张视角,对这种感受无疑有很大的强化作用。我这次就利用鱼眼相机拍摄香港多个地方的照片,用另一角度欣赏城市之美。 Put a fisheye in front of your sensor and keep looking through the viewfinder. You will find so many interesting shapes and compositions that you would normally completely miss. It offers so much creativity. And that’s not all. A fisheye can also be super useful in getting shots that would normally require lots of trouble and are sometimes nearly impossible to make with a normal extreme wide angle lens. 利用鱼眼镜头,其实可以非常容易拍出很有创意的照片。鱼眼镜头通常并不很贵,而且可以拍到非常宽广的场景。无论你是在寻找乐趣,还是为专业拍摄照片,最重要的事都是一定要有趣。尝试不同的鱼眼拍摄角度,多多试拍。你可以附下身趴在地上拍,或者靠着一面墙利用线条变形创造不同的效果。 当在相机拍摄方向与地面平行的时候,此时周边建筑的畸变相对来说减少到最轻,如果只是想拍一张广角照片但没带广角镜头,也可以利用后期软件将鱼眼的照片做镜头校正,虽然不能百分百模拟超广角镜头的成像,但是救急还是可以的。 A fisheye generally curves straight lines. So if you photograph round shapes with it the curving gets less noticeable. For street photography, architecture in Hong Kong is always a readily available photo element. To simply include buildings in your composition may seem a bit boring. By using fisheye lenses supporting diagonal fisheye effect with 180 degree angle of view, you can twist the buildings and streetscape on the four image corners to create exaggerated, interesting and lovable distortion effect, capturing a view that is invisible to the naked eyes. The fisheye lens was used here to get a super wide view pointing upwards. The curved building on the right helps here, making you not even notice that this was shot with a fisheye. Using a fisheye lens opens up a world of possibilities which I think every photographer is looking for. I thoroughly enjoyed using it and would love to shoot more with it in the future. I would highly recommend that you also try it. It is going to be Fun !
Thank you for taking time to read this blog. 鱼眼镜头与人们眼中的真实世界的景象存在很大的差别,因为我们在实际生活中看见的景物是有规则的固定形态,而通过鱼眼镜头产生的画面效果则超出了这一范畴,这种强烈的视觉效果为那些富于想像力和勇于挑战的摄影者提供了展示个人创造力的机会。 对我而言,鱼眼算是带给了我一个全新的世界。
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