Hello Helene,

As far as I can see there is no optical aberration in this photo http://www.fotopedia.com/items/NXySURttDZI-Y4F7wXP5NOg/slideshow

Some cheap, wide rectllinear lenses will distort straight lines, and that would be an optical aberration.  The lines look straight in your photo.

But, the extreme vertical perspective appeals to very few people, in my experience.  I'd suspect your photo would have been voted down anyhow, in time.

In an ideal world, architectural shots should be taken with a tilt and shift lens, to correct the convergence of vertical lines.  But, these lenses are expensive.

A small amount of convergence can be digitally corrected in photoshop, etc.

I suspect this photo has been corrected, but it is overdone, and looks distorted.

http://www.fotopedia.com/wiki/Brussels#!/items/pixelterror-Y8s5Jx7Otl4

Also, your photo looks a bit too compressed, there are blocks in the sky.

Hi Dan, Thank you for your response. But it did not answer really my question, why some photos are accepted in wide angle and why others are not, and even if there are some distortions. In terms of possible alterations that I could have made in my image, there is none, I have the original RAW file to prove it. And for the compression too strong, I just want to mention that my photos are sended in hight quality Jpeg format, and if effects of compression appears in the sky, we should not forget that the pictures are surely all recompressed by the web site. I would also an explaination why the quality standards of a article to another is so different. These are the questions seminar I hope to have a response. I do not agree either on the fact that my picture would not have interested many people. Would have required let the people judge for themselves. In addition, one of these photos were featured in another article. so where is the standard? I would add that I do this by making a constructive criticism. Thank you.

I don't think the issue is the short focal length, but the fact that the camera is pointing upwards, which causes extreme convergence of vertical lines.

There may well be other photos like that, but I would guess that they would also be removed from an article if someone flags them up.