How to Use a FISHEYE Lens for Landscape Photography

[@ChristianNoval]

Perfect timing. I've just put my fisheye up for sale because it has been living in my drawer for years. Maybe I should take it out instead. Good explanation.

[@christian.irmler]

Hi Christian, great to hear that your fisheye gets a second chance 🙂 But I'm totally getting you: you buy a fisheye lens and almost never come into the situation of using it. I can really recommend to go out for dedicated fisheye sessions. That makes a big difference here. Have a great Sunday, Christian

[@adrianalfordphotography]

Never thought about a fisheye for landscape Christian, but this video shows it is possible. Nice explanation and examples. The shot at 8:25 definitely shows the principles you talked about. It almost looks surrealistic or fairytale like. Very cool with the colors in it too. Great video buddy, well done 👍

[@christian.irmler]

Hi Adrian, yes it is possible and sometimes that is even quite a good idea. It is just a bit difficult to estimate how the composition will look through a fisheye. The 2nd technique I showed makes that a bit easier 😊 Thanks a lot, my friend and enjoy your Sunday, Christian

[@DarrenJSpoonley]

Fantastic instruction, diagrams and examples my friend ❤

[@christian.irmler]

Hi Darren, thank you so much, buddy 😊 Enjoy your Sunday, Christian

[@chrissbayer9561]

Sehr gut erklärt und mit tollen Bildern untermalt. Genieße dein Wochenende, Christian! Winterliche Grüße aus Bayern :)

[@christian.irmler]

Hi Chris, vielen lieben Dank 😉 Schöne Grüße zurück aus dem Salzkammergut, Christian

[@margareteirmler6998]

Wieder ein sehr interessantes Video👍

[@christian.irmler]

Vielen Dank 🙂

[@thomaseriksson6256]

I enjoy watching your videos as you are not a hard selling photographer and you are not a narcissist like many photographers seem to be. So continue with your photography and as I myself have a tendency to theorize, I hope that you also increase this proportion.

[@christian.irmler]

Hi Thomas, thanks a lot for your kind words, my friend! Hm. I can't tell that photographers would tend to be narcissists, to be honest. Idealists for sure, especially when it comes down to fine art photography. But that's nothing bad, I think. Some get eccentric maybe, when they get too famous. But therefore I simply don't have enough subscribers, I guess 😆 There will definitely come more office videos in next time 😉 Nice greetings, Christian

[@twiglet2214]

I'm a photographer but i'm too busy taking selfies to be a narcissist - besides it's difficult to spell !

[@randyschwager2515]

Interesting concept! Thanks for taking me along!

[@christian.irmler]

Hi Randy, thank you so much, my friend! That makes me happy to know that you liked it 😊 Have a great Sunday, Christian

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Wow reapect! Some great images! I have never used a fisheye and I realy tougt it wasnt interesting at all but now that you've explained the possibility wow! I always tought about these circular images that I always see when I look for fish eye images. But this totaly different. Thanks for the inspiring video my friend! Grt guido

[@christian.irmler]

Hi Guido, thank you, my friend 😊 Yes, fisheye lenses are indeed a bit underestimated in landscape photography and many photographers see it just as fun lenses, although you can get really powerful images. As there are many lines that are unpredictable, we can also "hide" the fisheye effect, especially when you use the 2nd method I mentioned in the video. Nice greetings, Christian

[@luzr6613]

Very nice and (for me) very timely, as i just bought a Fisheye for landscape / environment shooting. I liked the way you broke it down into principles... not to mention the sheer fun of morphing elements into slightly surreal representations. Lkd&Subd - all the very best from a cabin in a swamp in a rainforest in Aotearoa-New Zealand.

[@christian.irmler]

Hi Luzr, thank you so much for your kind words 😊 It is really fantastic to hear that the video came to the right time for you and that it was useful. Welcome to the channel, my friend! A cabine in a rainforest in Aotearoa-New Zealand? That sounds after an amazing landscape photography adventure 😉 I hope you have a lot of fun there and especially great light. Enjoy your Sunday, Christian

[@markw.61]

Christian you must live inland. A discussion of keeping the horizon centred (unless your aim is to max distortion) for a seascape is a key issue to discuss. Thanks mate. I do love your enthusiasm and vids.

[@christian.irmler]

Hi Mark, absolutely, there are lots of unpredictable lines in landscapes, though a horizon line is definitely one of the predictable ones 😊 But when we break it down, there is not really a right or wrong in keeping the horizon straight or letting it appear as a curve. It is art, and so it depends on what you want your image to say. Anyway, thank you for adding this here. That's definitely a thing we have to consider in our composition, for sure. Thank you so much for your kind words and enjoy your Sunday, Christian

[@markw.61]

Another point I learned very quickly … keeping your feet out of the images!

[@christian.irmler]

Hi Mark, oh yes, and also not to hold the IR remote release too far in front of your camera 😆 Nice greetings, Christian

[@dopexmc7901]

Good video, What is the difference between the different degree angles of the fisheye lenses, for example 180° or 220, 250°? I hardly see any difference when I watch videos. And what I would also be interested in is how you get that peephole look with it?

[@christian.irmler]

Hi @dopexmc7901, I'm so sorry for my delayed response, but I'm currently traveling in an area with extremely bad internet 😬 To your question: on the one hand, the field of view is completeley different with different angles, obviously, but also the distortion gets more with the field of view. If the horizontal field of view is more than 180°, you photograph already slightly backwards, by the way 🙂 Another important thing to consider is if the lens is rectangular or circular, which means if you'll get out a common rectangular image or if it is a circle. The peephole effect is given automatically by the distortion. I hope this helps 😉 Nice greetings, Christian

[@thomaseriksson6256]

Good information. I aggree its more of a training lens. I stoped at 18mm. Your last pictures was okay.

[@christian.irmler]

Hi Thomas, yes, it's definitely a lens that helps to improve, but I would not only see it like that. It can really lead to some powerful images, as well 😊 Thanks a lot and have a great Sunday, Christian

[@gerhardwiesinger]

I like rectangular ultra wide angle, e.g. Voigtländer 10mm. Also native on Sony E-Mount. Always with me.

[@christian.irmler]

Hi Gerhard, thank you for your insights, my friend! Yes, extrem wide angle lenses can be fun to shoot, too. You just have to be careful, as you get almost the whole world into your frame. Many elements to be considered in the composition 😊 Enjoy your Sunday, Christian

[@TimvanderLeeuw]

I have a whole collection of beautiful landscape photos that I took with a fish-eye lens. On some, you would hardly tell it was taken with a fish-eye. And there are cheap Chinese all-manual fish eye lenses for almost any camera mount that are of pretty good quality, and are small and compact. I would say, a cheap and small fish eye lens should be in every photographers bag, almost all the time, because it's so small you hardly notice it in your bag! (Of course there are also large and heavy fish eye lenses, those are not what you should always take with you!)

[@christian.irmler]

Hi Tim, yes, it doesn't need to be the most expensive fisheye lens on the market. I got a tiny, cheap one recently and I was quite surprised about the image quality, I have to say. It has some downsides, but the image quality is phenomenal. Will be revealed in my next Wednesday's video 😉 Have a great Sunday, Christian

[@TimvanderLeeuw]

@@christian.irmler Have a great Sunday as well!

[@TimvanderLeeuw]

@@christian.irmler PS: I did try posting a reply with link to one of my fish-eye landscape image on Flickr but it seems KZbin rejects links with comments, as I feared it would.