I am curious why people are posting just photos here.
In the context of this thread, photos would be ok in support of text, but on their own I don't see them as valid input on a discussion thread.
The OP asked for thoughts on the 18mm lens, but it seems the thread is deteriorating into a gallery for people to simply show off their images. There are many other threads where you can show off your photos, but it would be nice not to have to wade through meaningless images to find the real discussion in what are obviously discussion threads