Day 233 (February 21th, 2011)
Title: Fake Fisheye
Fisheye lenses are one of the coolest, if not strangest, lenses in the "photographers arsenal". Basically, they are super wide angle (5mm-18mm), and make these strange "round" shots. The edges are blurred and rounded due to the outer-most lens element (it's a large convex piece of glass). Because of said element, the lenses are crazy-expensive, also because of their short focal length, most "consumer" digital cameras can't use them (it's all scientifical, but lets just say, unless you own one of those crazy-expensive Nikon's or Canon's, your dreams of a fisheye lens are on hold.)
I call this one Fake Fisheye because... well, no reason really, I just wanted to talk about fisheye lenses, and since I don't have to take a fisheye photo with, I figured any ol' photo will do! This shot was taken at Mascone Center in San Francisco, near the Zeum (great place for kids!).
Technical bits: f/10 at 1/250th using ISO 100. Using ISO 100 really helped reduce the noise, so I highly recommend lowering your ISO to the lowest you can get - it makes post-production much easier!
Enjoy
