Time-Lapse Photography Art and Techniques by Mark Higgins

Using a fisheye lens will always be visually exciting. This example is taken from a low vantage point
looking up and is capturing the motion blur of moving traffic. Camera settings: 13s, ƒ/8, ISO 100.
If you want to add another string to your bow then a fisheye lens will make for some great shots. This
lens is called a fisheye simply because it appears that you are looking through a round fish bowl or a
spherical fish eye and the image you get is very distorted at the corners. It is safe to say that these
lenses are a bit of a one trick pony, but it’s a trick worth having.
If you are thinking of using this lens for time-lapse then it is helpful to get used to the parameters of
using one in the context of shooting standard stills first. One thing that you realize very early on is that
if you want to make the subject fill the frame you need to move very close to it. These lenses will also
be good for landscape or architecture photography because you are able to squash a huge scene into
your frame. The lens gives such a wide coverage that sometimes you will get your own feet in the
shot, so enjoy but be careful.
Macro lenses