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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!

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by Bear_Music

Comment by justin_hewlett:
Wonderful lighting, that's what stands out to me the most about this photo. Also, great DOF. Great job.

Torn Screen — Morning Thunderstorm
by Bear_Music

Comment by charmayne:
very nice job composing this porch scene creating an artistic view of an otherwise common subject. Very nice work

1977
by Bear_Music

Comment by datcat:
What a pretty face this camera has. The soft glow is good.

1977
by Bear_Music

Comment by Emilio:
As a collector of antique cameras, I enjoy this picture. I wouldn't call it a winner but it makes me smile and that's enough for me.

Jetty and Flats, Provincetown
by Bear_Music

Comment by JPR:
beautiful shot robt.

Torn Screen — Morning Thunderstorm
by Bear_Music

Comment by RKT:
I really like the texture that screen is giving the image...very interesting.

Condo-Minimum
by Bear_Music

Comment by Bear_Music:
Thanks to all who have "defended" my whimsical "illusion of scale", and understood that it is a thought-out image, not a stuffed-in one. It's not in my nature to do "set-ups"; I photograph what I see, only very rarely creating something for the purposes of a challenge. I sometimes arrange things (like peppers and cilantro, or a sculpture in a refrigerator) but can't recall offhand ever having created an entire shot for DPC.

I too was mildly suprised this didn't do a bit better; I thought it was an interesting "illusion" and a creative one. But so it goes.

As for those who commented negatively on the "noise", there IS NO NOISE IN THIS SHOT! That's blue metalflake paint... I have seen few better examples than this shot of the absurd, knee-jerk reaction against "noise" in DPC... Geesh... Better not photograph metalflake paint any more, it's too noisy...

Robt.