The Unveiling

Today is the "unveiling" of my new gadget--the one I mentioned the other day. I retrieved my newly cleaned camera from the lab yesterday, so I was able to practice a little with the new lens today. In spite of the skies being their usual dreary winter grey, I took some shots anyway. I tried to eliminate the sky, but in the third image, in order to get the effect I wanted, I wasn't able to keep the sky out. Just use your imagination and picture it (no pun intended) with a blue sky. If we ever get one again (blue sky, that is) before spring, I might try this shot again.

So the new toy is a fish-eye lens for my digital camera. It's not the same as it was for the film cameras. But with careful composition and cropping, it can still be fun. The first image is what you get with the lens. The second image is the cropped version.