Fish-eyed Market Place, Haarlem

The market place of the Dutch city Haarlem with fish eye vision.

Please give me your comments. Thank you.

Were you as shocked by this the first time you viewed it as I was? The thumbnail looks like an illustration from a children's book or a painting of some sort, and the larger image is so disorienting to the eye that it 'shocks' the senses. What a visually exciting place that must be, even without the fish-eye lens! Lovely.

Very unusual shot of the Grote Markt, the Sint-Bavokerk and the Vleeshal thanks to the fish-eye lens, which fits very well with the place. A winner. Congratulations

Thank you, Loic and Promytius, for your nice comments, Ben

However, I would've liked to see more of the sky, which seems a lot more dramatic, and less of the foreground.