Walk in the Park

Sometimes this photography thing is literally a walk in the park.  I had no real goal in mind, photographically speaking, so I tried a few pictures of the kids.  I also tried an experiment.

The above is about 30 or so pictures merged together.  The idea is to simulate a wide angle lens with a ridiculously narrow depth of field.  I think this picture fails to show that, especially at web-sizes, but it gives me some ideas to try as I try to learn this technique.  Focus is on the bench.

This picture of the kids is the closest I got to a "real" picture.

And this one shows how they prefer to act around a camera.