Rock Beach on Michigan's UP. Pictured Roch National Seashore. Pentax 67-velvia.

-- Mark Meyer (mameyer@xsite.net), May 17, 2000

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Every thing about this photo is great. The texture in the forground. The blured movement of the thrashing waves in the background and the storm clouds. Contrat's on the interesting image.

-- Tait Stangl (taits@chemsite.net), May 17, 2000.

I think this photograph is fantastic. Looking at that beautiful sky, it would be tempting to concentrate your lens on it, but that wouldn't capture the experience of being there. One of the best parts of a beach like this is the seemingly endless number of stones. The perspective you've chosen conveys that feeling. Good work.

-- Patrick Feltmate (pfeltmat@tupmcms1.med.dal.ca), May 17, 2000.

I agree with the positive votes here. I think that this is a wonderful image. I love the fine detail of the stones and the flow of the water. This image makes me feel almost as if I am there. Great job.

-- Gary Whalen (whalen1@circle.net), May 17, 2000.

This photo has many excellent qualities (exposure, composition, color...). I especially like how it draws my eyes to a satisfying conclusion. It looks like it has a bend to it, was it taken with the 35mm fisheye?

-- Paul D. Martinez (photozs@mindspring.com), May 18, 2000.

;It looks like it has a bend to it, was it taken with the 35mm fisheye?

The lens was a 45mm f/4 lens for the pentax 67. I see the bend you are talking about and cannot decide if it is a little barrel distortion casued by the lens or if it is just the surf and an illusion created by the perspective. I've never noticed any real distortion with this lens except for the normal stuff that happens with wide angle lenses and some color fringing when stopped all the way down. Thanks for the comments.

-- Mark Meyer (mameyer@xsite.net), May 19, 2000.

A lovely image and hard to find fault, but there is one. While getting close to those rocks has made them stand out it's a tiny bit to close. If you look close at the very front rocks they are a fraction out of focus and that makes me think that the lenses closest focus distance was not thought about here and it spoils a great image to see those close pebbles slightly out of focus. Sorry if it's just the scan but it seems well scanned so i think it's on the trannie

-- Keith Anderson (andos@pacific.net.au), May 20, 2000.

I like this shot very much too. My only critique would be that it is monotonous. Rocks all the way to the water which is not the subject of the image. The long sweeping foreground is the focus of the image and it is monotonous. It would really make an excellent image if there were a small interesting piece of drift wood or a different colored/shaped rock somewhere in the midforeground. This frame you have made is an awesome frame. Art Wolfe and Dewitt Jones make frames like this all the time. They always put something in the frame, like a starfish or shell, to keep the eye from just aimlessly roaming around the frame. But I really like the frame. My eyes just need something to rest on. James

-- james (james_mickelson@hotmail.com), May 21, 2000.