"The Crown Jewel"

To captue all of the exquisite beauty of a 1st order Fresnel lens within the confined space of the lantern room of a lighthouse takes the field of view that only an ultrawide angle lens is capable of providing. In this case, I was photographing on film using a Nikon F5 camera body loaded with Fuji Provia 100F professional slide film and a Sigma 14 mm f/2.8 ultrawide angle lens. The field of view is an unbelievable 118 degress. In this orientation, you have to be careful you don't photograph your own feet! It's possible, I've done it a few times....

 

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