Jan van Wijk wrote:
>
>
> One thing I find distracting in this image in the longer term is the unsharp flower
>in
> the lower left corner. It draws my attention too much. I would prefer to have some
>more DOF
> to have this flower sharp, or maybe to move the frame up a bit to get it out of the
>frame.
Hi Jan,
Thanks for the thoughtful comments. I intentionally limited depth of
field here to draw attention to the one central flower that stands above
the rest. In fact, this frame has more DOF than the others I shot.
However, I found that the color in the out-of-focus foreground flowers
tended to band and posterize when I scanned the images, so I compromised
and scanned this frame rather than those shot at a larger stop. Of
course I can't say with any certainty that the limited DOF works
aesthetically, but that was my intent. Again, thanks for taking the time
to write about my photograph.
Paul
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