Fisheye lenses?

[AP]

I'm curious. Having just aquired a cheapo fisheye lens for my digital camera (~15mm length, not a proper 8mm one), how many architectural photographers actually make use of these to good effect. Are there any people in particular whose work/portfolios I could look at for inspiration? Thanks.

[AP]

Appologies for replying to my own post, but after 500 views and no reply i wonder if i own the sole fisheye lens on the planet. Surely someone has seen a fisheye lens used convincingly before, for architecture?!

[Kevin]

Yes, the fisheye is used occsionally, and to great effect. But because it gives such an extreme stylization and distortion, it is generally [i]only[/] used occasionally.

Examples? I think there's a famous photo looking from the top of a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. I'll try to flip through some of our arch. photo books later on and find some other things out there.

[AP]

Yeah, anything really would be excellent, be that image, name of photographer, etc; the books on cameras I have show fisheyes used with small objects, but in ordinary architecture books the photography seems to be fairly traditional; more about picture-postcard composition (rule of thirds etc) than anything interesting. And my uni library doesn't have anything on "architectural photography" specifically.

[ptr]

A simple use of the fisheye can be seen on the folowing:

http://flickr.com/photos/jonhanson/1250619539/

I find that the best use of my fisheye is at parties

cheers

ptr

[block]

An occasional use of the fisheye lens may work well. But the distortion is great and not really appropriate if you are taking images for serious sales brochures etc.