how to improve
Feb 16, 2012 00:31:26 #
is there a way to further blur the log or is it better to crop ? I got the shallowest DOF I could
dandilon
Feb 16, 2012 00:32:45 #
Feb 16, 2012 00:35:14 #
I would crop... way too much log compared to the size of the dandilon.
Mike
Mike
Feb 16, 2012 02:12:17 #
I think it's better to reshoot the picture. The dandelion is blown out. Overall, you're overexposed, and would be hard put to rescue any tone. Cropping will just leave more overexposed image. My first question, on looking at it, was, "What's it a picture of?" The grain at the end of the wood to the left of the dandelion caught my attention first. You might have had something to work with if you shot with a smaller aperture, but with this harsh light, you'd have lost most of the darker areas almost completely. Shading the area to get more even light would give you a chance.
Well, you asked...
Well, you asked...
Feb 16, 2012 03:13:54 #
Some Photoshop work to help equalize the exposure, plus a vignette style border could transform this into an attractive composition.
If you'd like, I could post an example using your image.
Let me know.
If you'd like, I could post an example using your image.
Let me know.
Feb 16, 2012 04:53:43 #
I agree that the subject is blown out...not a good shot.
Blurring is not hard to do but it's hard to do convincingly.
Do you understand why you didn't get a shallow DOF?
Blurring is not hard to do but it's hard to do convincingly.
Do you understand why you didn't get a shallow DOF?
Feb 16, 2012 08:29:39 #
Reshoot; you are unlikely to successfully recover the blown out areas. It looks like you may have exposed for the wood directly behind (and to the right) of the dandelion.
rpavich wrote:
Ooooo - I do, I do! ;)Do you understand why you didn't get a shallow DOF?
Feb 16, 2012 08:35:33 #
snowbear wrote:
Reshoot; you are unlikely to successfully recover the blown out areas. It looks like you may have exposed for the wood directly behind (and to the right) of the dandelion.
rpavich wrote:
Ooooo - I do, I do! ;)Do you understand why you didn't get a shallow DOF?
No! No fair....you sit down and be quiet!
Feb 16, 2012 12:58:20 #
Feb 16, 2012 13:00:28 #
Feb 16, 2012 13:09:59 #
unanchored wrote:
the dandelion was less than 8 inches in front of woodpile
Yes...that's part of the problem.
Depth of field (blurring of the background) is a function of 3 things:
1.) Lens focal length
2.) Aperture size
3.) Distance to subject
The dandelion was 8" away from the wood pile so the wood pile was much closer to the subject than you were to the subject...not a recipe for shallow depth of field.
To get a shallow depth of field you'd have had to pick the dandelion and move it away from the wood pile and so you'd be essentially "arms length" to the dandelion and the wood pile would be (for example) 15' away..which could make a good blurry-background shot...I don't exactly know because I don't know what your lens is and I don't know what your aperture was set at.
To help you in understanding this; check out the DOF Master depth of field calculator.
http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html
Plug in your camera, lens and distance and see how your depth of field will turn out before you ever turn the camera on!
Feb 16, 2012 13:10:58 #
PS: What camera were you using...what lens?
Then I could be specific on settings.
Then I could be specific on settings.
Feb 16, 2012 13:12:23 #
Feb 16, 2012 13:12:24 #
Hope you don't mind, but I cut out the background from your picture and gave it a glausian blur. Hope you like it.
Feb 16, 2012 13:13:45 #
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