Submitter's name:	Wim Verheyen
Title:	Gare de Flandres, Lille.
Gear used:	OM-4Ti + Sigma 16/2.8
Diaphragm:	f4
Shutter speed:	1/60
Film used:	Fujichrome Sensia 100
Technical information:	Quick handheld shot.
Subject information:	This year, Lille is the cultural capital of Europe. For the occasion, the train station was covered with coloured material. People in the picture just happened to be there.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

Very, very similar to one of my candidate shots (taken at Amsterdam's central train station), but your shot is stronger (esp. due to using the fish-eye, resulting in a curved floor, nicely complementing the roof).

Comment left by: Brian Swale (*.*)

Excellent result from use of the 16mm Sigma.. Very creative. I like it. (You are getting an eye in for that lens!)

Comment left by: Wayne Harridge (no e-mail specified)

Very good use of the fisheye.

Comment left by: Bob Docherty (no e-mail specified)

So that's when you use an extreme wide angle! Nice treatment and subject choice.

Comment left by: Fernando Gonzalez Gentile (no e-mail specified)

Ideed; and perfectly well composed for a quick handheld shot. Perhaps I would have spent too much time getting a perfectly symmetrical foor and that beautiful pink ceiling, mounting a tripod and all... Honestly, one of the best fisheye pictures I've seen.

Comment left by: Walt Wayman (no e-mail specified)

I've never cared much for the "fisheye" lens perspective, but this is a definite exception. Makes me almost want one. Very nicely conceived and executed.

Comment left by: Chris Barker (ftog@threeshoes.co.uk)

An excellent shot, in my view.

Comment left by: Duncan Paterson (no e-mail specified)

A great location for the fish-eye. The distortion really works to your advantage here. Spot-on framing too, well-done!

Comment left by: Gary Teller (no e-mail specified)

Well conceived and a good case made for fisheyes.

Comment left by: iwert (no e-mail specified)

This one is a keeper... funny how the people become 2D, at first I thought those were panels with people printed on. Are you sure this is not in your studio, photographing little model railroads?

Comment left by: :Doro (no e-mail specified)

Great feel of swirl! Congratulations on a superb shot! :D

Comment left by: Piers Hemy (no e-mail specified)

The subject seems to have been "made" for a fisheye lens to produce a picture which doesn't immediately look like a fisheye picture!

Comment left by: ADAM BOLT (imageready@iprimus.com.au)

Groovy Baby! Like the cool retro feel of this shot. Cheers Adam

Comment left by: Dean (dtyler@hbiamerica.com)

Great shot. I love the sense of depth with the 16mm. Nicely done.

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