Where should the focus had been?
Oct 17, 2018 18:15:57 #
After much thought, I can not decide if my choice of having the foreground blurred out just like the background in the macro shot of a fallen leaf I had take a few years ago was the proper way of executing said shot. Or should I just call this my creative touch? From a composition standpoint, your eyes are drawn in to the picture by the somewhat blurred stem of the leaf and pulls your eyes to the individual grains of sand that are in tack sharp focus. Only to have the image blur out through the back half the leaf. I think it is an artistic touch. Or am I just trying to cover a sub par shot? Any and all opinions welcome.
Oct 17, 2018 18:31:01 #
jb, welcome to the Hog!!
On the subject!
Does this have a subject?
Because you can’t understand you’re own shot doesn’t automatically make it creative.
Like a sentence without a subject or verb doesn’t automatically make it a creative poem!!!
SS
On the subject!
Does this have a subject?
Because you can’t understand you’re own shot doesn’t automatically make it creative.
Like a sentence without a subject or verb doesn’t automatically make it a creative poem!!!
SS
Oct 17, 2018 18:32:33 #
Oct 17, 2018 18:33:05 #
Sub par. You may have been able to accomplish a 'far focus', but the foreground is not pleasing. Unfortunately, that's where the eyes fall first. Maybe less in focus or more in focus would have worked better. Typically, the foreground is in sharp focus fading into an unfocused background. This is typical because it works better. The unfocused foreground is the weak point of this version.
Oct 17, 2018 18:45:09 #
adjust you aperture and bring more in focus, sometime bokah is overrated. In my opinion the entire leaf should be in focus, if that sacrifices the bokah effect, so be it.
Oct 17, 2018 19:09:49 #
jbgs wrote:
After much thought, I can not decide if my choice ... (show quote)
I think this technique (selective focus) can be very effective with the appropriate subject (e.g., blurred foreground and background flowers and sharp face of a person or an animal in the middle ground). So it's worth practicing it to use as an option.
Oct 17, 2018 19:24:13 #
Lets have a look at another photo and file that one. This is a Macro.
Oct 17, 2018 19:25:29 #
My eye is automatically drawn to the part of the leaf with sand on it because it is in focus.
The unfocused part of the leaf is not relevant to the image as my eye tends to just ignore it.
It takes certain scenes and situations to make unfocused foregrounds work.
will
The unfocused part of the leaf is not relevant to the image as my eye tends to just ignore it.
It takes certain scenes and situations to make unfocused foregrounds work.
will
Oct 17, 2018 22:50:24 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
jbgs wrote:
After much thought, I can not decide if my choice ... (show quote)
No EXIF data so we can't tell what your aperture was set to. I'm guessing that f/5.6 to f/8 would have kept everything in focus. As it is, the blurred foreground and stem doesn't create the leading lines it needs to draw the viewer's eyes to the grains of sand. As a result, the blurred part of the leaf is a distraction.
Oct 18, 2018 01:09:13 #
Welcome to UHH.
I would have focused on the part of the leaf closest to the camera, or introduced another item into the mix - an acorn or other seed, for example - and focused on that.
Mike
I would have focused on the part of the leaf closest to the camera, or introduced another item into the mix - an acorn or other seed, for example - and focused on that.
Mike
Oct 18, 2018 01:10:29 #
mwsilvers wrote:
No EXIF data so we can't tell what your aperture was set to. I'm guessing that f/5.6 to f/8 would have kept everything in focus. As it is, the blurred foreground and stem doesn't create the leading lines it needs to draw the viewer's eyes to the grains of sand. As a result, the blurred part of the leaf is a distraction.
Even f/22 would not get everything in focus on that subject at that distance.
Mike
Oct 18, 2018 07:07:34 #
SharpShooter wrote:
jb, welcome to the Hog!!
On the subject!
Does this have a subject?
Because you can’t understand you’re own shot doesn’t automatically make it creative.
Like a sentence without a subject or verb doesn’t automatically make it a creative poem!!!
SS
On the subject!
Does this have a subject?
Because you can’t understand you’re own shot doesn’t automatically make it creative.
Like a sentence without a subject or verb doesn’t automatically make it a creative poem!!!
SS
Oct 18, 2018 07:11:53 #
SharpShooter wrote:
jb, welcome to the Hog!!
On the subject!
Does this have a subject?
Because you can’t understand you’re own shot doesn’t automatically make it creative.
Like a sentence without a subject or verb doesn’t automatically make it a creative poem!!!
SS
On the subject!
Does this have a subject?
Because you can’t understand you’re own shot doesn’t automatically make it creative.
Like a sentence without a subject or verb doesn’t automatically make it a creative poem!!!
SS
Or someone standing behind a tripod a source of information.
Oct 18, 2018 07:47:48 #
Oct 18, 2018 07:58:30 #
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