Torn Screen — Morning Thunderstorm
by Bear_Music

Comment by Rikki:
seems like you did quite a bit of dodging here... nothing wrong with that at all :) lose the green tarp so that only the dark wood patio and the stark white chairs are left for the viewer to appreciate... 5

Torn Screen — Morning Thunderstorm
by Bear_Music

Comment by SJCarter:
Interesting shot. I like the whole screen thing. The label on the chair is distracting though, as is the glare on the table. Still, a unique take on the challenge.

Torn Screen — Morning Thunderstorm
by Bear_Music

Comment by Strikeslip:
Rather a depressing feel to this shot, though there isn't anything of interest to me about it, it does catch the feel for me, so, good job!

Fence & Apple — Nauset Beach
by Bear_Music

Comment by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Jutilda: Where did this come from?? I just love this!!! The roundness of the apple against the square of the pickets. You clever devil you. What a lovely shot. The blues are given a little lift by the red and yellow of the fruit.

Pity the voters didn't agree with you :-)

Fence & Apple — Nauset Beach
by Bear_Music

Comment by Jutilda:
Where did this come from?? I just love this!!! The roundness of the apple against the square of the pickets. You clever devil you. What a lovely shot. The blues are given a little lift by the red and yellow of the fruit.

Fence & Apple — Nauset Beach
by Bear_Music

Comment by RobotBanjo:
I really liked this one and thought it should've scored higher than it did- oh well, can't win them all (well, I never win them hehe). Very pleasing comp.

Summer Marsh, Evening Ebb
by Bear_Music

Comment by RobotBanjo:
You captured a great feel in this one. I adore the colors. Beautiful!

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by Bear_Music

Comment by BeeGee:
Nice shots, Robert. I have to agree with the others and I love my 10-22, too. What a Alienyst and Justin don't seem to realize is that the DOF automatically grows to enormous depths with an extremely short focal length. That's why compact digital cameras with a short zoom fail to produce even the faintest touch of OOF back- or foreground (except maybe in macro mode or fully zoomed to the tele end with a huge difference in distance between lens and subject and lens and fore- or background respectively). The Fuji 602 I used before I got my 20D was the equivalent of a 35-210 but the focal length of the lens was something like a 6 to 36 and it was only at the full tele end that you could make a little use of DOF as a creative element in your pictures. Now with the 10-22 it's similar, i.e. you can hardly get OOF elements in your picture, even when the lens is wide open, BECAUSE the short focal length doesn't allow for anything but huge DOF.

Sorry if I sound preachy here, was just wondering if people realize that the DOF is practically out of the photographer's control when it comes to using a 10mm lens.

Cheers,
Bruno

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by Bear_Music

Comment by CEJ:
Absolutely great photo Robert! WOW! The perspective is one thing, but the shot is another! Very nice work! The clarity throughout the DoF is amazing.

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by Bear_Music

Comment by Art Roflmao:
This is great! I love the colors and sharpness and the viewpoint makes for an interesting shot from a mundane subject. Well done!