Shot at Harkness State Park during lunchbreak using Tokina at 12mm. The gardeners were out and had just started to plant the gardens for the summer. I
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Peter - wow, this scored much lower than I expected. What a tough challenge. I really like the DOF created by the small bits of blue throughout the garden. This definitely deserved higher than a 5.5. I must say that is a striking bell curve on your scoring, however.
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