Susie Q......The images are wonderful and very enchanting. Being a B&W man I love the mansion, it is exposed beautifully. One tip on focus. There is a rule of thumb that's called 1/3,2/3 rule; if your depth of field is 9ft. total and your subject is at 12ft then every thing from the 9ft mark(1/3 in front of the subject) to the 18ft mark (2/3 in back of the subject) will be in focus. Many time in low lighting situations I have been able to pace off the distance, or in the case of table top work measure it and come out with great images. However it means knowing your lens and the depth of fields at each f-stop. This rule also is true with auto focus. Again great shots.



Bushido,
Thank you SO much for taking the time to talk about focus. Most likely, if I need to hear it, so will someone else. There are people of varied experience and knowledge of photography in our audience...this is the beauty of this forum. As we participate, whether just reading or adding our photos we have the potential to make ourselves better.
So, in view of this, please if you could be so kind, to be just a bit more specific in talking about focus. Could you please take one or more of my photos and talk in detail about how they could have been better/worse, etc....perhaps applying the 1/3,2/3 rule. I would so appreciate it !
All the best,
Susie Q

Susie Q......The images are wonderful and very enchanting. Being a B&W man I love the mansion, it is exposed beautifully. One tip on focus. There is a rule of thumb that's called 1/3,2/3 rule; if your depth of field is 9ft. total and your subject is at 12ft then every thing from the 9ft mark(1/3 in front of the subject) to the 18ft mark (2/3 in back of the subject) will be in focus. Many time in low lighting situations I have been able to pace off the distance, or in the case of table top work measure it and come out with great images. However it means knowing your lens and the depth of fields at each f-stop. This rule also is true with auto focus. Again great shots.



Bushido,
Thank you SO much for taking the time to talk about focus. Most likely, if I need to hear it, so will someone else. There are people of varied experience and knowledge of photography in our audience...this is the beauty of this forum. As we participate, whether just reading or adding our photos we have the potential to make ourselves better.
So, in view of this, please if you could be so kind, to be just a bit more specific in talking about focus. Could you please take one or more of my photos and talk in detail about how they could have been better/worse, etc....perhaps applying the 1/3,2/3 rule. I would so appreciate it !
All the best,
Susie Q

Susie Q.... my comments were given as additional information to Jer's comments. In looking at your images some seem a little soft however I can not determine whether it is do to focus or movement. Normally if a subject is out of focus in a photograph something else in the photograph is in focus. In the case of the close-up of the mansion's front at dusk it seems the total image is soft. This could be do to the lack of sharpening in PP or camera shake, even a high ISO could cause this. I would have to know more detail as to how the image was taken.

Now as for more information on focusing. Give me a day or two to put some images together that will illustrate the 1/3 -2/3 rule. I will send you a message to look on this thread when it is done.

Let me say one other thing. With the advent of auto everything on a camera it is easy for the operator to ignore the basic fundamental of photography and still get acceptable images. However, if a person doesn't know what the camera is doing and why, it becomes difficult to compensate for the auto's short comings, of which there are many. Those who do learn will achieve a greater number of wonderful images.

Have a great day and I will be back two you soon.

Would you please include me when you send her the info? Thank you.