Helpful Posts: If I had been shooting the #2 scene, Janis, I would have focused on the flying bird and allowed the others to get slightly soft; exactly as your image.
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18th July 2017, 08:30 PM #81
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Re: 2017 PROJECT 52, Second Quarter by Janis (purplehaze)
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18th July 2017, 11:05 PM #82
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Re: 2017 PROJECT 52, Second Quarter by Janis (purplehaze)
Janis, if I may add to my original comment, I agree with Geoff. The key/action part of your image is the bird coming in for a landing. By having it in sharp focus, you direct attention to it.
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19th July 2017, 04:54 AM #83
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Re: 2017 PROJECT 52, Second Quarter by Janis (purplehaze)
Ah yes, George, I loved those long graceful lines running down the barrrel of the telephoto lens I used on my old Pentax K1000 film camera (am I dating myself here?) and I do have a dof calculator on my phone that I used a bit when I first started shooting digital, but I guess I like doing things things the hard way...
Sandy, thanks for your kind words. Yes, I had a great time. Hadn't been shooting for a while so spent the better part of an afternoon getting reacquainted with my camera.
Geoff and Bruce, thanks for the validation. The shot appeals to me, but I was thinking I was going to catch flack for it. Silly me.
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