In photography, a fisheye lens is a wide-angle lens that takes an extremely wide hemispherical image. The fisheye lens was originally developed for use in meteorology and astronomy and called "whole-sky lenses", fisheye lenses quickly became popular in general photography for their unique, distorted appearance. Photographers and videographers use fisheye lenses so they can get the camera as close as possible for action shots, for example in skateboarding. Here are some examples of skateboarding action shots taken without the use of the fisheye lens so it its possible to get a great quality skateboarding image without using a fisheye and getting that distorted effect.