Wide Angle

I need some opinions. I have been playing around with this sun flare idea. I am going for the feeling of when you lay on your back in the grass and lift your baby above you for an airplane ride on a summer day. That's sort of what we're doing here. She is perched up on my knees, you can see a bit of my jeans in the one shot.

My adorable niece Louisa helped me try this yesterday. I purposely used a super wide angle. Both so that I could get everything in the frame and also becuase I thought the distortion would be kind of fun. I think you can't go halfway with the distortion thing. If you're going to do it, you've got to go all out. There were more in the series, but these two are my favorites I think.

What do you think? Fun and whimsical or wierd looking? Neither? All you 12 lurkers out there, seriously, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Derek has already voted for wierd looking, so you will not hurt my feelings either way. Honest, you won't. No really, it's okay. You won't.




Question: what do you get when you stick your camera into the face of a little baby eating his lunch outside? Answer: peanut butter on your lens.