Submitter's name:	Brian Swale
Title:	Twilight
Gear used:	OM-4Ti + Sigma XQ 16mm f/2.8 fisheye lens + tripod.
Diaphragm:	f/8
Shutter speed:	½ second approx; using self-timer.
Film used:	Agfa Vista 100 asa.
Technical information:	Spot metered on medium-illuminated haze above city
Subject information:	View of city from Summit Road on hills above my house, altitude about 1,500 ft. Time 6.30 pm, well after sunset, shows gradation of illumination from brightest near the sun to dark away in the east. Flatbed scan from print as I could not get satisfactory result from negative scan. This view is 150 degrees wide, from Mt Hutt to the Pacific Ocean. Sorry about the inverted horizon.
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Comment left by: Bruce King (bruce@tekapowai.co.nz)

Cool picture! Great lensÑI want one! (Actually, I do now have a Canon EFS 10-22mm zoom, equivalent to a 16-35 on 35mm film cameras). Thanks for the show!

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

Interesting application of the fisheye, well seen.

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

Precise timing, the moment when citylights turn on.... And precise spotmetering on the haze, I wouldn't have known where to do it. Didn't understand what do you mean by 'inverted horizon'. Only wish you had used Velvia or Ektachrome for this one. Great view, Brian. Congratulations. Fernando.

Comment left by: Brian Swale (no e-mail specified)

Inverted horizon - by that I mean that the curve of the vast (150 degree) expanse is the wrong way. It looks dish-shaped but should be curved with the highest point in the centre. This fisheye lens (as for all fisheye lenses) always gives a curve to lines and a slight alteration to camera angle changes that. I agree about the film - I was trying it out and that's what was in the camera at the time. It's still actually quite sharp even to the edges.

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