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Nikon Fisheye Lens price in Amazon (Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8G ED AF DX Fisheye Nikkor Lens) is rather expensive, now is about USD 600. So it is a good idea if we can hack our Nikon Fisheye Lens by ourself in order to reduce cost.

In INSTRUCTABLES.COM I found the way how to make Nikon Fisheye Lens with very low cost (you will only need to pay about USD 16). As we understand in hacking, we have to take care doing this in order get good result, hoping to get zero failure.

Based on the instruction in INSTRUCTABLES.COM I write down here..

Prepare the materials

In this steps what you need to do is preparing these materials

- 1 Entry Door Viewer – The one shown below is a 160 degree large diameter version.

- 1 scrap particle board. 3″ X 3″ square

- 1 scrap particle board 1.5″ X 1.5″ square

- The old handy duct tape approx 10″ in length

- Spare Lens shield – I never use one on this lens anyway so I’m using the one that came with it.

Assembly instructions

1. Place the lens shield on the 3″X3″ square particle board to trace the circle diameter. (Make sure you use the end that is opposite of the camera connection.)

2. Find the center of the particle board and drill a 1″ hole or as required by the instruction in your entry viewer.

3. Using the 1.5″ X 1.5″ square particle board piece, find the center and cut a 1″ hole or as required by the instruction in your entry viewer.

4. Round off the corners of the 3″ X 3″ square to make a circle which matches the outside facing section of the lens shield.

5. Thread the entry viewer in the holes in both the small and the larger particle board pieces. (See 1st picture below)

6. Using the duct tape, carefully wrap a piece around both the large particle board piece and the lens shield to connect the two together. (See second picture below)

Enjoy your new fish-eye lens!

For more details instruction you can view here “http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-fish-eye-lens-for-a-Nikon-D-90-Digit/” and then you can practice how to make your own Nikon Fisheye Lens.

There is no substitute for having a good camera and optics, practice as a photographer, and a good photographic instinct. In the same token, there are certain things you can do with modern photo editing software that cannot be done by any photographer, regardless of skill. If you want to bring your photography to a professional level or if you just want to explore the furthest reaches of the photographic medium, you should master both photo editing software and classic photography techniques.

No amount of editing can make up for a poorly captured original shot (though it can help). That is why you need to master camera optics, camera lenses, and other photographic accessories. The better the original picture is the better the end product will be after editing. There are also certain photographic factors that software does not necessarily do a great job of correcting like focus and overexposure.

Photo editing software is getting more advanced by the day and photographers are using it to push the boundaries of the medium. You can use it for things like color correction, adjusting light and dark, and cropping. If you really want to let your imagination run wild you can use wild digital filters, seamless collage, and composition change.

Finance Your Photography Fixation
By Cathy Neame

Millions of people across the world enjoy taking photographs as a hobby, but many don’t realise that there are ways to make some money with your photos, to help pay for all the expensive equipment, software, and photograph developing costs. You don’t have to be a professional photographer to make money from your photos, but it is certainly not a good idea to quit you day job if you don’t have a job offer within the photography industry.

Pondering

Many people work as freelance photographers while still keeping their day job, and this should be the way for everyone to start if they are unsure they can make enough money to support themselves. The internet has also opened up a whole new area for amateur photographers to make some money from their hobby.

Taking photos for a living is many people dream job, but unfortunately only a small fraction of the people with this dream ever realise it. The right advice and preparation can go a long way when taking the plunge into actually selling photographs or offering a photography service. Read on to see exactly how you can make money to help finance your photography hobby, and even create a supplement income for yourself.

Stock photography

Snapshooting: buildings at a capital city in Borneo

Making money from your stock photos can be a great way to start making money from your photography hobby. But be warned, the competition is high within stock photography, so your photos have to be of exceptional quality. Traditionally you would have to approach agencies to see if they wanted to but your images, but the introduction of microstock has made it easy for anyone to submit their photos for sale. Go to websites like iStockphoto, Shutterstock, and Fotolia, and just start uploading your stock images and people can buy them.

Unfortunately this business model means you only earn a small amount for each purchase, but if your photo is bought many times your earning will go up. The trick with microstock photography is to upload as any images as you can, hundreds or even thousands, and then the earnings become substantial. Also think about what type of images people want to buy, especially within the advertising industry, because your image won’t sell unless it is of a specific use to somebody.

Photographing events

Photographing events like weddings can be a great way to make some extra money from your hobby, but you need to be confident you can capture images that are of impeccable quality. Professional equipment is needed, and preparation is essential. You may need to hire extra equipment, spend time preparing images for print, take out insurance for your camera, and be able to set up shots properly.

A couple of trees… taken with a camera phone

It’s worth asking family and friends if you can photograph their wedding first, just to get a feel for it, before you begin booking clients. This also gives you a chance to build a portfolio for prospective customers to look at, and without one it’s very unlikely you’ll get any business. Once you are confident enough go straight ahead and advertise your services in the local paper or on the internet. You can take on photography work on the weekends while keeping your day job and the security if gives you.

Magazines and postcard companies

If scenic and nature photography is your passion, a great way to make a little extra money from the photographs you take is to offer them to postcard companies and magazines. You can also try greeting card companies, although don’t expect too much interest from them. They will not pay through the roof, but there is certainly money to be made if your photographs are of a high enough quality. When approaching magazines, make sure the photos you show them are exactly the type of thing they publish, or your hard work will be wasted.

No two sunsets are the same?

Newspapers and news agencies

If you are in the right place at the right time, take a photo and send it to your local newspaper as soon as you can. It could be a celebrity appearance in your town, a building on fire, a traffic accident, or a rare animal. Whatever it is, get a good picture of it and approach newspaper and news agencies with your image. The trick here is to act fast, because news gets old fast and unless you’re the first to approach the news outlet they could but another image or just move on to more current stories.
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As a freelancer, Cathy Neame spends too much time in the car and not enough time on her sectional sofa. Blogging gives her the chance to do what she loves (or at least write about it) from home.

* Photos and captions by Jaxon S

Camera phones are fast replacing ordinary compact cameras and that is a fact. A smart phone like the iPhone can do nearly all what a normal compact camera can do, including macro photography, and much more. Much, much more, and that too is a fact.

For instance, have you ever had problems identifying a species of tree you have shot with your camera so that you can provide a name for it?

Unless if you are a botanist photographer, chances are, you just take the photograph of a plant and show how it was shot without being able to provide its name. Sure, flowers like rose, tulip and the likes are easily identifiable but there are many more you just couldn’t.

Heads up! Now you can caption your photograph with the name to the plant you have taken a photograph of, provided if you shot it with an iPhone or iPad, thanks to an app called Leafsnap.

Here’s how it works: take the picture of a tree leaf. The app uses image recognition technology and immediately searches from the growing database amassed by the Smithsonian Institution.

Moments after a photo is taken, the app will come up with a possible name for the species, and display high resolution photographs for comparison as well as other information on the tree species including its flower, bark and so on. Cool? you bet.

But there is a catch: the species database are for trees in the United States only. So if you are taking photographs of leaves of some trees in Borneo, like the one below, you may not be able to get the answer.

By the way, do you see Australia on this leave?