I was thrilled to discover some inexpensive fencing placed around the Eiffel Tower because it collected “dewdrops” from the previous evening’s watering of the grass. On this particular sunny autumn morning, I reached for my Micro-Nikkor 105mm lens and got to work photographing these miniature “fish-eye lenses.” Upon close inspection, dewdrops always record a fish-eye image of whatever is behind them—in this case, the Eiffel Tower. As you can see, the Eiffel Tower is there inside the dewdrop. And even though it is centered, it works! Why? In large part because of the strong curvilinear line, with its soothing, calming message. It just wouldn’t work placed anywhere else but in the middle.

Nikon D3X with Micro-Nikkor 105mm lens, f/32 for 1/8 sec., tripod, ISO 100