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A fisheye lens produces distorted, wide angle and curved perspective photographs. The distinctive “hemispherical” look makes it easily distinguishable from images captured with a standard (rectilinear) camera lens.

In this gallery we’ve collected images that demonstrate the fisheye’s unique ability to both squeeze things into frame and reshape a scene. In both cases, we think you’ll agree, the results are really neat.

Our featured image is of Sensō-ji temple in Tokyo, Japan by heiwa4126.

Eiffel Tower – Paris, France

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Angkor Wat – Angkor, Cambodia

Cloud Gate – Chicago, USA

Grand Bazaar – Istanbul, Turkey

London Eye – London, England

Empire State Building – New York City, USA

Morning Glory Pool – Yellowstone National Park, USA

Esplanade – Singapore

Fenway Park – Boston, USA

Written by insider city guide series Hg2 | A Hedonist’s guide to…

About the author

Brett AckroydBrett hopes to one day reach the shores of far-flung Tristan da Cunha, the most remote of all the inhabited archipelagos on Earth…as to what he’ll do when he gets there, he hasn’t a clue. Over the last 10 years, London, New York, Cape Town and Pondicherry have all proudly been referred to as home. Now it’s Copenhagen’s turn, where he lends his travel expertise to momondo.com.

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