40 Fantastic Photos Taken With a Fisheye Lens

Today we're going to focus on a wonderfully distorted area of photography: fisheye shots. Fisheye lenses are essentially extreme wide angle lenses that were originally developed for meteorological purposes but are now used by all sorts of photographers. As you can see in the images below, the applications are endless and are seldom boring! Hopefully you'll leave feeling inspired to pick up your own fisheye lens or a (considerably cheaper) fisheye converter.

Fisheye lenses are extreme wide angle lenses that render the world in fun and surprising ways. These short focal lengths create panoramic or hemispherical photos. They were originally developed for meteorological purposes but are now used many types of photography.

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Josh Johnson

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As you can see in the images below, the applications are endless and are seldom boring! Hopefully you'll leave feeling inspired to pick up your own fisheye lens or a (considerably cheaper) fisheye converter.