Some lenses darken toward the edges like this, and it works well for this surreal picture from Stonehenge.

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A Solstice participant makes his way to Stonehenge on December 22, 2006 in Salisbury, England. Hundreds of people attended the Winter Solstice at Stonehenge, the cause for a pagan celebration, held on the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.