Some Photographic Fun (An Outing with a Fisheye and a 35mm Lenses)

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

The dynamic range of D800 is truly amazing.

My Zeiss 35mm f2 was my first Zeiss and one of my favorite.

Haven't been using the lens for a while, I almost forget how object can look floating with a f2 aperture.

After watching this very inspiring video on how to use the fish-eye lens as a creative tool, I dig out my fish eye lens (which had stayed in the closet collecting dusts for a while) and headed for the Stevens Creek trail. Lately I had been shooting with my cell phone a lot so it took me quite a while to get used to my D800E. I found live view was really a great help this time. I set everything to manual, turned on live view, did a few adjustments, then took the shot. It was way more easier than the shoot-and-adjust approach I was used to. How come I didn't try it earlier!

This is one of the reasons I like photography. No matter how long you have been doing it, there is always something new to discover, whether a new way to see things, or a new technique you can try (for example, I have been thinking about doing time lapse series for a long time). Like London, when one is tried of photography, one is tired of life.