On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 01:31:15PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > Agreed. It seems to work better when the in focus area appears to be > more in the foreground, with the greater portion of the out of focus > area falling behind the subject.
That was easy enough. The first is simply cropping a little off the bottom of the image so that the top, rather than the middle, of the grate is centered: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3968981039/ These other two are from the dozen or so I took of the grate, with different composition and focus points in the camera: Color: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3969755144/ B&W http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3969753436/ > > The "rule" I was taught in school is the in-focus subject should be > about 1/3 of the way into the frame. > > From: Boris Liberman > >Larry, regarding the individual photo below. In my opinion such an > >effect is better served if the in focus area is not in the middle of the > >frame but rather somewhat off. This way you get more 3D or more spatial > >perception if you know what I mean. As such, it is less interesting than > >it might have been. > > > >Boris > > > > > >Larry Colen wrote: > >>> I stopped by Highlands park today to see if there were any good photo > >>> opportunities of the river. I got a few shots of a small waterfall > >>> which seem pleasant, but probably a bit cliche' > >>> > >>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622360963705/ > >>> > >>> On my way back to the car, a drain grate caught my eye. I took a few > >>> frames, this is my favorite, and I think that the longer I look at it, > >>> the more I like it: > >>> > >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3968424714/sizes/o/ > >>> > >>> Comments and suggestions are welcome. I can't decide whether it would > >>> be better if about half of the top third of the image were cropped so > >>> that the grate wasn't centered in the frame. > >>> > > -- > 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. -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
