Monet's Garden #1

And what a fine garden it is too. Here's a picture, not so much in the satyle of Monet, but taken in his garden. Pentax K20D with SMC Pentax-DA 18-55mm WR lens.
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I dont think your supposed to lift the camera up during exposure John

But quite effective nontheless.

So you know how it's done in-camera! It's often referred to as an "up and downer" and this was shot at f22 as the camera was moved contantly up and down.

I realised afterwards that, being short sighted, if I'd left my glasses off I would have seen the garden pretty much as Monet would have. Perhaps I should have taken some shots with the camera focused on the closest distance possible, but I can try that in any garden.

Thank heavens. I looked at this, and thought for a moment you were about to claim the first ever evidence for tripod-induced camera shake.

I'm fascinated by the vertical lines that bow outwards top and bottom. They're not straight, despite the clear absence of movement from side-to-side.

I'm wondering if it's a converging verticals effect.

Glad you made that clear: I was beginning to think you'd succumbed to wiles of the 'green fairy' (absinthe as it's more commonly known)

Felicitations,

Jean

Lovely picture! I'm going to try that moving up an down (with the camera)!