Getting immersed into the spectacular architecture of the Liège-Guillemins railway station, I could not – of course! – resist the urge to slap my fish-eye lens on the camera and go for the wild views. Things rapidly start moving into a different ‘perspective’, and spaces and shapes take on new dimension.
Getting lost in the big(ger) picture…
Follow my lead
A fish-eye lens also invites you to try out unusual camera positions that introduce all kinds of visual effects and references:
Beam me up, Scotty!
Transflection
The previous picture was shot lying flat on the ground, close to one of the glass elevator ‘towers’ on the platforms, aiming straight up towards the station’s glass-and-concrete dome. Transparency and reflection were lining up perfectly resulting in an abstract composition.
To close, an outside shot where the fish-eye’s distortion of the ground echoes the curves of the station’s canopy roof.
A leaf in the night
Now there’s a kind of lens that I could hardly live without…
Gear notes: D700, 16/2.8D
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