Going Wide, Real Wide!

Here are two photos taken on Sunday with the Nikon 16-35mm.  Both of these pictures were shot with the lens set at 16mm.  I like the top picture better.  This picture is a good example of getting an almost 3D affect.  You just can't do that a regular lens.

Both of these pictures appear as taken.  No lens distortion correction has been applied!  This lens, as almost all ultra ultra wide lenses, does have visible distortion at the far corners at its widest setting.  As long as you keep the important stuff from getting too close to the ends of the frame you'll be OK.  But in the end it's the subject matter of your photo that counts.  If you like volley ball or pretty girls, you'll most likely find the photo at the top more interesting.  Right?!