The Digital Darkroom

Today as seen in my previous post Fisheye Sunrise I have had the pleasure of shooting with a 8mm-15mm F4 fisheye lens today. The fisheye lens imparts a very unique look to the scenes perspective. In the previous post the photo was shot at a focal length of 8mm on a full frame DSLR with the result shown here↓

Yes the outside edges are the inside of the lens barrel which I think is pretty cool!

The next image was shot at 15mm which is a nice ultra-wide shot↓

It looks cool but what do you do if you want to correct the perspective?

Well, that depends on what tools you have in your Digital Darkroom there are a number to choose from. The first would be the perspective correction tools in LightRoom4. I tried that and it did a fair job at correcting it but ultimately I found that PhotoShop CS6 worked the best. There is another software made by DXO Optics which is geared specifically to perspective correction that has great reviews but I have not tried this one yet.

Besides PhotoShop did a pretty good job correcting the perspective↓

Final image with perspective correction applied and final adjustments done in OnOne Perfect Suite

Please feel free to leave comments suggestion or ask a question.

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23 responses to “The Digital Darkroom”

Beautiful

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dapontephotography August 17, 2013 at 3:47 pm · · Reply →

Hi Bob,
Thanks!

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I love the title “The Digital Darkroom” Thats what it is now adays! I still remember the smell of the darkroom…..

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dapontephotography August 17, 2013 at 8:57 pm · · Reply →

Yes me to and I do not miss it at all.
Thanks for stopping by

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I’ve always wanted a fisheye, but not the expense. Lovely shots.

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dapontephotography August 18, 2013 at 7:02 am · · Reply →

Hi Bill,
Thanks! I don’t like the cost either but I am lucky to have a friend that lends me gear from time to time. 🙂

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Are u using a Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye ? nice pictures by the way

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dapontephotography August 18, 2013 at 7:00 am · · Reply →

Thank you! Yes it is the Canon EF 8-15mm I am lucky to have a friend that lends me gear from time to time. 🙂

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- John August 18, 2013 at 10:23 am · ·
  
  nice , that an expensive glass …wish I had friends like that 😛
  
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Great result !

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dapontephotography August 18, 2013 at 6:56 am · · Reply →

Thanks!

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really cool

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I”m not usually too keen on fish eye but for some reason I like that first one – and the last. Maybe because it’s a great image.

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dapontephotography August 18, 2013 at 1:48 pm · · Reply →

Thanks!

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Nice work! I didn’t comment, but I really liked the one the other day, too. I have thought about a fisheye lens . . . You always display wonderful images.

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dapontephotography August 18, 2013 at 2:58 pm · · Reply →

Hi Pat,
Thanks for the likes and comments. Your posts are wonderful, uplifting and inspiring. I will post some more fisheye shots soon. It is a very unique effect for sure.

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- opreach August 18, 2013 at 3:25 pm · ·
  
  I have tried using a fisheye filter on some images, but it’s not the same. One of these days when I have a few extra shekels . . . Take good care! 🙂
  
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