Re: Where do we draw the line?

"Ray Fischer" <rfischer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Dudley Hanks <hanks.dudley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>Crop lines, that is...
>>
>>http://www.geocities.com/hanks.dudley/Dima.html
>
> If you move the doggy away from the tree by a several feet then you
> can use a wide aperture to throw the tree out of focus and make it
> clear that the dog is the subject of the photo.  I'd also

Not coming from a portrait photography background, this is one thing I
keep 
forgetting.  I think to myself, "I want trees for a backdrop," so I
position 
myself with the branches scraping my neck and get Dima to hit the ground
in 
front of me.  Then I sneek in front of her and snap the shot.  I've got to

alter this methodology and take a couple of steps to ensure sufficient
room 
gets inserted.

However, I'm shooting with a Canon Powershot A720, so depth-of-field is 
fairly deep, even at f/2.8;  I'm not sure I'll be able to put enough 
distance in to get the effect I want.  I may have to change locations 
entirely.

get down
> lower to get rid of the ground.

I think I need to couple this suggestion with others I've received to crop

tighter.  Up till now, I've been simply content to get my subject in the 
frame, not too far away from my target zone.

I'm getting more used to the way my camera captures and processes an area,

so I can start paying more attention to getting closer and cropping out 
extrenuous areas such as the grassy area in front.  Thanks for pointing
that 
one out.

I'm making a list of all the suggestions I receive, and I'll be reviewing
it 
prior to each shoot in the future.

This should help a lot.

Take Care,
Dudley