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Sure looks like a vignette around the outside of the image, but I'll assume it's the lighting. My larger complaint about the image would be the large area of blown out highlights in the middle
Wow, what a scene. One could think it is from a movie where the end of the world is happening and people call to God in despair (from their hands reaching up and their desperate looks).