My intention with the DOF was to keep it somewhat shallow - I wanted the reeds to be sharply focused and the reflection to be slightly OOF to emphasize the separation between the two.
I'll have to look more at the cropping that you suggest. Thanks for looking and commenting. -- Bruce Sunday, August 6, 2006, 6:10:11 PM, you wrote: WR> ----- Original Message ----- WR> From: "Bruce Dayton" WR> Subject: PESO - a little slice of pond >> This is the last of the pond shots for awhile. This was an attempt to >> isolate and simplify and hopefully give a feeling of peacefulness that >> is present. >> >> Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, handheld >> ISO 200, 1/250 sec @ f/5.6 >> >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3244.htm >> >> Comments welcome >> WR> I like the concept, but.... WR> the dark tree trunk on the left is very disturbing, and I think it needs WR> either less or more depth of field. The tree reflection in the WR> background is just at the point of being annoyingly out of focus. WR> I see a really nice picture in this one, but it needs a crop to get WR> there. WR> William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
