winter trees

[Marcell Nikolausz]

I was a bit jelous to see that other members are posting wildflowers. We have a very cold winter here, in Leipzig (Germany). But it gives also some nice photo opportunity. Yesterday there was a bit of fressh snow on the trees, so I snapped the vcl-ecf1 fisheye converter to my 16mm lens on nex-5 and tried to compose some tree crowns:





Cheers

Marcell

[mvanrheenen]

Very nice perspectives Marcell. Fisheye I presume?

I like #1 for the symmetry and #2 for the way it makes you feel you're standing under the big tree yourself. Well done!

Mark

[Birma]

Very nice Marcell. I really like the detail you have got using the fish-eye adapter. Great perspectives in both shots. I like the hint of blue in the sky with the sun catching the white tree-tops as well. Looks like it was a great day to be out in the woods

[Dr. Harout]

Very nice shots, Marcell.
Do I notice some greenish CA at the bottom of the second shot?

[bakubo]

Marcell, I like those photos, very nice.

[Greg Beetham]

Interesting view of the winter trees Marcell, nicely taken.
Greg

[Marcell Nikolausz]

Thanks for the nice comments. It was a nice sunny but very cold day (-15). My original plan was to take macro photos of snowflakes but I missed the early morning opportunity, so I went to the forest with the fisheye adapter. There is CA in the corners, so this set up is far from perfection. I have the optically better sigma 15mm fisheye that has a 180 degree only on fullframe, so it's difficult to compare. It's still one of my favorite lenses (set with this lens:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21017948@N ... 587344651/
However, considering the price of the adapter, I'm very happy with it despite some optical errors. Maybe the new rokinon 8mm will be better (samyang).

[aster]

Both are very attractive shots, Marcell. : )

Your use of the adapter is a complement to nature...

Thanks for sharing,

Yildiz

[Wildieswife]

Love the first one!

Pat

[Dr. Harout]

...Maybe the new rokinon 8mm will be better (samyang).

Definitely. I'd be happy to see the results.

[jbtaylor]

Fine effort.
A photographer can take an image of anything and make it interesting.
You have succeeded.