Jonathan Gazeley

This a candidate shot for this week’s Photo Challenge theme – glass. I’m not sure if I like it that much, but time is ticking away so it might have to do.

The other night, I saw a strange cloud formation at a weather front forming around sunset. I rushed to get my camera to capture it before it disappeared. The result of my haste is a pretty poor picture of a weather front, but I like it because of the way the fish eye lens curves the street.

Shame I also left it in automatic mode – the dark areas are quite noisy.

Today my fisheye lens arrived. It’s not a whole lens for an SLR camera; rather an “add-on” lens that screws into the filter thread on my Fuji S9600 or any other lens.

I’ve tried a few ideas with it, and been as creative as one can possibly be in a boring flat on a lazy evening.

First, a badly-focused self portrait:

And an uninspiring shot from my balcony – a view that has appeared on this blog many times before.

I think I’m going to have fun with this lens.