Re: [photos] Brighton Pavilion - trying silhouettes

Troy Piggins wrote:
> Went to Brighton for a day trip.  As the sun was setting, saw an
> op****tunity for a silhouette of the intricate Pavilion building
> roof.  Any tips?  Did they come out alright?
> ...
> I quite liked this shot with trees framing:
> 
>
http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?album=2008_03_27&img=photos/2008_03_27/img_6605.jpg

Pretty good, I like that last one though I want to play with the 
cropping a little, or really my first inclination is to go a little 
wider. I have a tough time with those tree framed scenes: never 
satisfied with the composition. That lighting sure is nicer than noon!

Apart from endless possible fiddly crop/composition comments, the last 
one could have benefited from focusing closer for a hyperfocal DOF. The 
front left branches are out of focus and presumably you were focused at 
infinity whereas the building is probably only 20 meters away so you 
could have focused with the scale on the lens to 10 meters or less and 
got it all sharp.