40 Fantastic Photos Taken With a Fisheye Lens

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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  Wide Angle Lens
  A Beginner's Introduction to Wide Angle Photography
  Josh Johnson

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.

Talke

Slimmer_jimmer

Jon S Page

Joshunter

4PIZON

Rodcasro

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  Lenses
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  Zach Sutton

I, Timmy

Ikayama

Wili_hybrid

José Miguel M.P

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Rawheadrex

Rawheadrex

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  Architecture
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  Marie Gardiner

Talke Photography

José Miguel M.P

Sinkdd

Der Ohlsen

Fs999

Slightlynorth

Vermin Inc

FatMandy

Leatherheart

Sualk61

Michaelpickard

Chick Dastardly

Slimmer_jimmer

Kevindooley

SunWai

Gustavo Minas

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Pierofix

Macbiff

Sandcastlematt

Bswitch

Sandcastlematt

Jurvetson

Micha.hb

Sandcastlematt

Tunaboat

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Share Your Fisheye Photos

Have you taken any great fisheye shots? Feel free to share them with everyone else in the comments - we'd love to see what you come up with!