Stretched Image?

i was looking through one of Dell's Catalog and saw the advertisment for their LCD screens.. what really caught my attention was the picture on them mostly...

i have been trying to figure out how to take that picture...

in my honest opinion, its like looking through a set of binoculars "Backwards" the feeling of stretched.

at first i thought "fisheye"? but there is rather no distortion in the corners...

any ideas?

Byte size: ZERO | Content warning: NOT AN IMAGE

Hello,

You can do this yourself with a moderatly wide angle lens (~24mm on a full-frame or ~18mm on a 1.6x crop factor body). Just find a nice cluster of trees that are close together, point the camera up, and shoot. Metering might be tricky, so watch the histogram and try a few different exposures. A small aperature f/11 - f/16 and a tri-pod are a good idea to keep everything in focus. You'll want to set the focus point about 1/3 of the distance from the camera to the top of the tree.

Hope this helps! Post some shots after you've tried this.

i guess i need to look into getting a better wide angle lens.. i have the stock, eos 18-55mm lens and took this picture with it.

Byte size: ZERO | Content warning: NOT AN IMAGE