I think "blurry" is a bit drastic. The "soft" appears to be largely the edge glow from the extreme contrast along with a shallow DOF. I believe the hat and Guinness crop would have, also, worked.
Jack --- On Sat, 12/6/08, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: At the bar > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 12:20 PM > The hat is what I focused on, and it looks reasonable to me > - I _think_ the > guy's cheekbone is in the same plane. It was handheld - > 1/8th at f/1.4. In > fact at the time of shooting I thought I would crop to > isolate the hat and > the Guinness, but I like the composition as it is. If > it's too blurry then > I'll give up. I'm no Frank. > > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Jack Davis > > Sent: 06 December 2008 20:10 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: At the bar > > > > I like the placement of the man against the > background. I'm > > not sure about the soft OOF image, however. Sort of > escapes > > me as to why you chose that style. > > "Shady, indistinct, mysterious character and > atmosphere," perhaps?" > > > > Jack > [...] > > > > > > I'd welcome opinions about the photo: > > > > > > http://www.web-options.com/L1030041.jpg > > > > > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
