UK - London - British Museum - Great Court 06_fisheye_DSC5482

I've had my 8mm Samyang fisheye lens nearly three years now but the novelty of using it to reshoot locations I've photographed before shows no sign of wearing off yet. During my recent visit to the British Museum I decided to shoot almost exclusively for it to create some different images to those I've taken before.

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From Wikipedia : "The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, commonly referred to simply as the Great Court, is the covered central quadrangle of the British Museum in London. It was redeveloped during the late 1990s to a design by Foster and Partners, from a 1970s design by Colin St John Wilson. The court was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000.

The court has a tessellated glass roof designed by Buro Happold and executed by Waagner-Biro, covering the entire court and surrounds the original circular British Museum Reading Room in the centre, now a museum. It is the largest covered square in Europe. The glass and steel roof is made up of 4,878 unique steel members connected at 1,566 unique nodes and 1,656 pairs of glass windowpanes making up 6,100m2 of glazing; each of a unique shape because of the undulating nature of the roof.

Controversially, some of the stone in the court is from France, rather than being Portland Stone from southern England as agreed in the original contract with the masons.

Within the Great Court, there are shops and a café. The court acts as a central linking point for the museum, somewhat like I. M. Pei's Louvre Pyramid in Paris."

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Holborn (show map)

Taken on: March 29, 2019

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Camera: Nikon D7200, f/3.5, 1/2000 sec, 8mm (=12mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Lens:	8.0 mm f/3.5
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/2000)
Focal Length:	8mm (35mm equivalent: 12mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	+2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 (Windows)
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