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Collection: LensBaby
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Lensbaby 3G
Location: Harwich Port, MA
Date: Jan 6, 2009
Aperture: F/2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Landscape, Lensbaby
Date Uploaded: Jan 6, 2009

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 Regarding the frame, it's worthy noting that the keylines top & bottom ARE NOT THE SAME COLOR, nor is either white. They are two different shades of pale gray. When I used the same shade for both lines, the line on the sky half seemed lighter than the other line, and when I used plain white it was too bright a keyline... For whatever that's worth...

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The image was actually made in dead calm: I just went out on the deck now and shot this with the 28-75 Tammy for comparison:


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 01/10/2009 04:24:37 PM
Originally posted by Ecce Signum:
Great capture Robt and a good depiction of a storm :)

Now, you can help me here, starting from the bottom left there is a half circle of 'swirl' leading up to the top left, I was under the impression that this ring comes from an out of focus sweet spot, so a) is that true? and b) was it intentional? I have the ring on lots of my shots but rarely on purpose but do like the effect.


That's what I think is happening too. I have no hard data to back that up, but it seems that the more OOF the image is the more pronounced the swirl is. Most of my shots don't have a real, in-focus sweet spot. And that's intentional, actually. Same thing with the "swirl": I'm not sure exactly *why* it is happening, but it is exaggerated with extreme tilt and I am aware of it when composing/focusing, and am using it intentionally.
 01/10/2009 03:03:10 PM
Great capture Robt and a good depiction of a storm :)

Now, you can help me here, starting from the bottom left there is a half circle of 'swirl' leading up to the top left, I was under the impression that this ring comes from an out of focus sweet spot, so a) is that true? and b) was it intentional? I have the ring on lots of my shots but rarely on purpose but do like the effect.
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 01/10/2009 07:54:54 AM
Wonderfully done Bear! and Ubique is fast becoming one of my favorites on this site. Totally agree with his assessment.
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 01/08/2009 07:24:05 PM
Great shot. Amazing how the lensbaby properly used can create something wonderful out of a very ordinary scene.
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 01/07/2009 09:39:48 PM
How cool!
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 01/07/2009 02:38:19 PM
Originally posted by posthumous:
...That's a funny example, since Da Vinci didn't give the painting that title...


I know what he called it, but my point wouldn't have sounded so snappy that way. And I never could see the damn snake anyway.
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 01/07/2009 09:05:39 AM
Originally posted by ubique:
And The Mona Lisa would probably be filed under Chicks, Enigmatic, No 56392.


That's a funny example, since Da Vinci didn't give the painting that title, but you could argue from it that titles are so important that they can arise unbidden for any work of art.

Bear, I like this a lot. It manages to work without the usual method of having one region sharp.
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 01/07/2009 04:21:00 AM
That's pretty powerful. Like how the tree is being ripped apart.
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 01/07/2009 04:10:49 AM
Before I ever saw the title, I thought "what a great picture to depict a storm!" So I guess that means your photograph conveyed what you were after VERY well! Oh, and cool framing. :-)
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 01/06/2009 11:15:40 PM
No doubt, there is bad weather headed your way.
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 01/06/2009 11:05:44 PM
duck and cover
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 01/06/2009 10:53:36 PM
Way to go and get Ubique all fired up, though he makes excellent points! This is quite the storm, bending the tree at will, great use of the lens.
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 01/06/2009 06:50:27 PM
I commented on someone else's that I felt a sense of vertigo. I really like the abstractness of this. I know it's a tree but yet it has a life of its own when distorted and blurred. NICE ONE.
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 01/06/2009 06:24:35 PM
I am first struck by the deep rich colors, the purple sky and merlot trees are so pleasing to my eye. Then whoosh! I am taken away on the stormy wind to lands unknown. Yummy!
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 01/06/2009 06:02:54 PM
This is a nice frame for the image. I can't really believe I'm commenting about a frame (I'll be lecturing you about the Rule of Thirds next, or blathering about 'distractions'). But it is. This absorbing photograph is definitely elevated by the choice of framing.

I've never agreed with all this carping about photographs not needing frames, or not needing titles. Just yesterday I read a forum comment from some twit saying that "if a photograph needs a title, the photographer has failed". What absolute balderdash! By that logic Milton's Paradise Lost would instead be known as Untitled – and we can't find it either. And The Mona Lisa would probably be filed under Chicks, Enigmatic, No 56392.

If frames are 'distracting', if titles are an admission of failure, then the person calling them so must have the imagination and intellectual curiosity of a fire bucket. An empty fire bucket.

Thank you Bear, for so graciously hosting my impromptu rant.

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 01/06/2009 04:29:26 PM
Stormy and threatening.
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