through the shattered glass
by tanguera

Comment:
I very much enjoy this.

Also, it reminds me of a shot of my own.

nothing left to say
by tanguera

Comment:
Eh. Well, bummer about the lack of EXIF, but I'll assume you were within the constraints otherwise.
A very cool capture, much appreciated.

Serenity
by hahn23

Comment:
Congrats Richard!

A well deserved win with this one.

ETA: I rather enjoy the rocks up front.

Message edited by author 2012-05-16 01:07:37.

T'ai Chi I
by Cuttooth

Comment:
Ha! I've done this myself on occasion. I have a few shots that I've liked, but more often I'm left frustrated at the shot I knew I missed due to sheared heads or what have you. This works much more consistently if you can set your focus to manual after selecting your aperture and hyperfocal distance. This way, your camera needn't focus on the scenes around it really.

Day 6 - The Last Rose
by mrchhas

Comment:
The use of the onboard flash has the unfortunate effect of flattening all of the interesting texture on the flower petals, which I wish was left intact.

Message edited by author 2012-05-14 06:43:56.

May 12 - Kitesurfing
by hajeka

Comment:
I hadn't really realized it, but Matt has a great point- I've not really seen any donut bokeh from this lens. The slow aperture I can relate to with my Sigma 50-500, but really have remarkable well with the lens in this SC, even with sports which isn't what I would think most people would use one for.

who's there
by tome

Comment:
Don't forget Tome, not all expert entries need expert editing :) Don't let that discourage you from interesting entries.

May 13 - Hockey
by hajeka

Comment:
I'm personally fine with the way the lens has rendered the closer player, but I would really have like to have been shown the ball. The action of the game is somewhat ambiguous here, and while I know the sport, the focus should be the action, what's transpiring.

nothing on
by posthumous

Comment:
Your comment shows you got the shrouded joke behind my challenge suggestion.

Feather
by Cuttooth

Comment:
This is an interesting shot, but I have a feeling the constraints of this SC have heavily impacted the final product here. I think a lens that focuses closer and has a bit wider field of view would have strengthened this, as it seems a bit cluttered as is.