Taken at 10cm from the subject with a Peleng 8mm fisheye borrowed from a friend. This lens is so much, fun I can't believe he doesn't use it more often!!!
At the same outing I took another picture which I really liked but the perspective isn't as dramatic so I hope I made the better choice.
Let's just see if the subject isn't too grim.
PP is as follows: raised contrast through a "S" curve, raised grey point about 1.5 stops, saturation up 82%, vibrance down by 68%, Noise Ninja and finally added a border.
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I gave this image a 6 in voting, because I liked the use of fisheye and imagination, and never thought you may have been responsible for the bird's demise. Images of death don't tend to go over well, even if it's fairly clean - ie no blood or gore. Which is a pity, because death is all part of the circle of life, but too many people see death as a negative and will simply give a poor vote based more on sentiment than the shot itself.
The lighting looks a little harsh, I believe the high ISO of 400 shot around what appears to be midday, when shadows are at their strongest, added to this impression. The composition is OK, the cobblestones are great for texture and contrast against the feathers, but try a) removing the border and b) cropping out the top so that only the wheel of the silver car appears. Pigeon also just past the intersection of thirds so looks very tightly cropped.
Overall, a very good try and clearly you had fun playing with the fisheye. Used carefully, lenses like that are a lot of fun, but never rely on just the lens alone to make a shot a good shot. That is still your job!
Too late now but I should have added a disclaimer:
NO ANIMALS WERE HURT DURING THIS SHOOTING I wasn't the murder either, this is a very common in the citty of Lisbon.
Ha ha! This is cool! I put a photo up once that depicted a dead creature and I had people chastising me about it on here. Don't let 'em get to ya, this is a neat photo.
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