Troy Piggins wrote:
> * Paul Furman wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Must admit I had thought about cropping a little tighter on that
> last one. The tree framing was intentional, but I think it's too
> much or it extends too far into the shot.
That was my inclination also, so I did it, at 3:2 crop, with half the
tree trunk showing on the right. It does seem to accentuate the
perspective distortion of the far minaret.
> It d
> Hadn't thought about the hyperfocal DOF - I understand the theory
> but at my skill level it's probably the last thing that occurs to
> me. I still have to think about lighting, composition,
> whitebalance, aperture etc - I surprised myself to use the trees
> for framing ;) Good advice though. I'll file it away for next
> time a similar op****tunity arises.
Paul-
Do you always go for framing elements to be in focus, or are there times
when they are better OoF? In this one, the few large leaves on one or
two large shrubs/smaller trees is distracting and at this tiny size and
rez, makes me wonder what it is, until I zoom in see they are leaves.
If the branches were completely bare, I'm not sure whether razor sharp,
OoF, or in between might be better. Any one with a good rule of thumb?
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John McWilliams
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