You could also use a longer lens .... Shel
> [Original Message] > From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2815736&size=lg > > > > > >Comments, as always, are welcomed and encouraged. > > > > Very nice but think 'background', mate. If you're out and about, borrow a > > box to stand and and get your butt in the air baby. Look down at her (and > > the bikes in the rack). > Point taken. At the time I took it I was thinking of getting all the > Urban Crap (street, buildings, cars) in there for atmosphere. I think > I shot it at about f4.0, but I now think ideally I should have opened > up wide (it's an f2.0 lens) to get the background more OOF. > > I thought at the time that getting ~too~ much of the bikes in there > would be too cluttered with bikes, but you may be right. > > In retrospect I'd like to have shot the way you suggest, and also with > my framing but at f2.0, as I think either of those would improved on > what I have. > > Thanks for looking, and I appreciate your thoughts and well-reasoned > critique, Cotty.