Coker, thanks for the couragement, I'm sure I'll get there slowly (as I try harder to pass my degree before I go shooting things )

Tim, it was the 10-17mm indeed, I just had it mega close to the subject! I thought the softening effect was a overkill, a failure of LR experimenting!

Thanks guys I think this is exactly what I need, basically to rip me apart and tell me where I need to do better!
I've not had the ultrawide fisheye for long so I'm still really learning how to use it in a more crowded environment. I also find myself forgetting about backgrounds quite a lot.
I shall go and try do more in the garden, but my garden is, literally tiny and the 3 pics would virtually have revealed the whole thing so I'll learn how to work around the environment.
I shall try this time with a lot less processing as well, as I'm not a big fan of PP anyway and the shots were just a tad experiment.
Hopefully I'll come back with something better in a few days time! (Coursework is taking priority at this moment )

A trip to North Wales cancelled due to weather, stuck at home and took a few shots in the garden. They did go through lightroom for some effects, I don't use it often so comments would be more than welcomed! (I still need to learn how to shoot better!)


mini icicle


soft snow


drip

Thanks guys, this is my first ultrawide as well as fisheye and it was virtually my first go at it, the links and advise has been very useful and taken on, I shall work on using the distortion, and I don't know what to do once there's so much to be included in a frame!

i know this isn't quite a good set, but maybe some tips at using the fisheye or any general tips??

Finally having a bit of spare time to go out with the new K5 and 10-17 fisheye, and a few with the 43mm f1.9 though I know I don't have time to process the pics so just shot in jpeg!

























That's the whole album here link

It's so much fun to use a fisheye!

Thanks everyone I think I might've found something for now!

Looking for something to cover the tele end, that I dont shoot as often as the wide end so ideally something cheap and cheerful but not too fiddly..(plus I can make use of the 1.7x AF TC when there's enough light )
Would like to find either one, or more (but not duplicates ) of these:
SMC-A 50mm F2
SMC-A 70-210mm F4

Or anything that you'd recommend, with an A setting!
Thanks a lot

I've also got a K-m and found the 16-45mm very good, both optically and also value for money!
Although I'm not sure what sort of mountain terrain are you negotiating but I still find the Km with the 16-45mm too big especially when I'm dealing with vertical rock so it hardly goes out into the hills...
if you want the extra range of zoom the tamron 10-24mm might be an option, though most people tend to recommend the sigmas...personally i'd be dreaming over a DA* 16-50

Also listed elsewhere, but bump.