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Shelter From the Storm


	Shelter From the Storm Chepstow Castle, Wales; f/8, 1/250 second, ISO 200, Sigma 14mm wide angle lens Sharon E. Lowe

- Carolyn M. Fletcher

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Very nice, Sharon!!

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December 30, 2003

RICKY RIDDLE

Outstanding Shot.Sharon.

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December 30, 2003

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Carolyn and Rick - thanks so much! It did pour after this but we were able to take shelter in the castle!

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December 30, 2003

Kasia Elser

Great shot - love the perspective!

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Ed Heaton

Extremely nice shot!

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Darren Smith

Nice, dramatic shot Sharon. I haven't been to Chepstow for since I was a kid, I think I will have to make the effort and get there.

Good work Sharon.

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Colette M. Metcalf

Wonderful image, Sharon!!

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Paula Showen

Very dramatic shot, Sharon! Nice work.

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Darren K. Fisher

WOW this is great. I think for me it is all about the perspective.

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Kasia, Ed, Colette, and Paula - thanks so much for your nice comments!

Darren - it is a great castle to visit so you should go back! We were visiting family in Wales over Christmas so not too much time for sightseeing but we managed to get to the castle, At Bristol (great museum), and Tintern Abbey, one of my favorite places to visit around that area.

Darren - I love my new 14mm lens which allowed me to get this shot - I have a 20mm that I always love to use on the film camera but I really missed the wide angle on the digital with the cropping factor. Now, I can get the same effect on my digital! I liked the perspective too but think it really worked because I had the light behind me and the clouds behind the castle. There was a rainbow but it was well to the right of the castle and by the time we got to a point where I could have included it, it was gone!

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December 31, 2003

clifton Mair

Brilliant powerful shot! Great light! Love that lens of yours :)

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Cliff - thanks! I've heard the lens is a bit soft around the edges if you use it on a film camera or full frame digital but I thought it performed brilliantly on my D60!

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December 31, 2003

Donna R. Moratelli

Wow, excellent image Sharon!The light is beautiful! Your going to really love that lens.

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Donna - thanks! I used it a lot on the trip so that I could relearn how to use a really wide angle lens again - I'm always amazed at how close I can get with the superwides! I just wish I had found some cooperative sheep or cows to do some close-ups but the sheep on my sister-in-law's farm wouldn't let me close enough and I never managed to walk to the farm with the cows (too much rain!).

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December 31, 2003

Donna R. Moratelli

Sharon, It did perform brilliantly with the D60 and the image is tack sharp.
Wait til spring when the landscape is bright green and lush and you'll soon beeing seeing cows & sheep all over and in the beautiful Spring light..

You'll get used to lens very quickly because it's so much fun to use..

You have the same philosophy as me and in time you'll find yourself not letting go of that wide angle for a while and start finding great subjects to shoot everywhere, because wide angles are a super creative instrument for super creative individuals like us.

I just started using mine at dusk and it has been a lot of fun because now I can see things on the screen that I couldn't see real well for real. YOu should try using it at night because that's another subject that you are real good at shooting!!

Have fun with it. I'm glad that you finally got it. Have a safe, happy and HEALTHY NEW YEAR!

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December 31, 2003

- Carolyn M. Fletcher

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Congrats AGAIN Sharon!!!