Thanks to Pushinfaders, to MrsLubner and to other people of the photographic staff for having been selected on my "Fisheye image 1: save the Earth". This is the result of my constant effort to create quality images, whether drawings, 3D creations or photos, and it is the first time in 198 images. I have been stunned by the fact that, as explained elsewhere in the foreword of my fisheye gallery that I created for L. Gerard's book "Un siècle d'invention photographique" (A century of photographic invention), a fisheye lens is not at all a gadget, but a very interesting and original creation device... but not always easy to use!

Congrats also to all the other photographers for having been selected in this gallery, and for many of you several times.

Edouard

 I was not aware of the existence of the Earth Day in spite of the fact that I am extremely aware of the ecological problems, anyway I have always been against nuclear energy and to save energy in general. The TV spoke of that Day very little in my country, though also journalists seem very concerned. I am grateful to ACue for having organized this event at RR. Now I hope that next year a much more important initiative could done under the auspices of the RR managing team, but thanks to ACue it was a first step, funny and sympathetic to begin with.

Now friends do remember that in fact everyday is an Earth Day!

 To Thundering1: altough today I am professional illustrator and only an amateur photographer, I have been technical editor in a photography paper during very long time (until 2002 so AFTER the replacement of silver photgraphy by digital one), I then wrote more than 350 articles and 8 special issues, 3 of them devoted to lens tests by the MTF method, 2 about tests of electronic flashes and 3 about tests of various photographic devices. I have been in charge from1977 to 1985 of the test of some 500 lenses on MTF bench. Therefore I know very well the situation which you explained by your draft.
Altough I have been Photoshop teacher for nearly 4 years with 99 sessions done, I was interested by your approach of correction of the elongation of surfaces, so I am grateful for your comment.
To PeeWee05: I share your point of view. This was why I did not corrected the picture. Formerly I had a Pentax 3.5/15, which I made modify to fit my Minolta XM SLR (a strange top level SLR with interchangeable viewfinder), because the lens was originnally in K bayonet mount. Richardphotos also likes this photographic approach (he has the same Sigma 4-5.6/10-20 Pro EX lens), and this is the reason why I dedicated him my pict.
Today as an illustrator I like wideangle perspectives too, and you can have some examples of drawings using photos made with my Pentax 3.5/15 lens on Minolta XM:

"Kim 3: 125° without distortion":
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1344980

"Iris 6: of steel and glas":
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1346482

"Schoelcher panorama":
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1365071

"Szanden bathing" uses several Artmatic Voyager renders carefully assembled to create a vertical panorama (contains nudity):
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1480267

and this twin-page comic draft starting of a render done in Cinema 4D R9.0 with a ca. 120° perspective (contains violence!):
http://silviarobin.elcet.net/pages/page_6.html

Have a good end of week

Edouard

 If I've well understood you suggest that I add some height to the image with the Image Size dialog box, is it true? I also understand that you have corrected vertical convergence with the menu Edit > Transform > Perspective. Is it true? Anyway, you succeeded very well to correct my pict relative to these points. Interesting approach, thanks for sharing.

Un grand bravo à ce très talentueux vainqueur à la galerie tellement expressionniste et chaleureuse jusque dans la dureté acérée de certaines images… mais au cœur tendre, et qui force notre admiration! Bravo encore Jean-Louis et joyeux anniversaire pour ta galerie!