Ah - I understand now. I didn't have much choice about it under the circumstances.
Thanks for your comments - very helpful and interesting. Bob > > I think "blurry" is a bit drastic. The "soft" appears to be > largely the edge glow from the extreme contrast along with a > shallow DOF. > I believe the hat and Guinness crop would have, also, worked. > > Jack > > > --- On Sat, 12/6/08, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: At the bar > > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > > Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 12:20 PM > > The hat is what I focused on, and it looks reasonable to me > > - I _think_ the > > guy's cheekbone is in the same plane. It was handheld - > > 1/8th at f/1.4. In > > fact at the time of shooting I thought I would crop to > > isolate the hat and > > the Guinness, but I like the composition as it is. If > > it's too blurry then > > I'll give up. I'm no Frank. > > > > Bob > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of Jack Davis > > > Sent: 06 December 2008 20:10 > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > Subject: Re: At the bar > > > > > > I like the placement of the man against the > > background. I'm > > > not sure about the soft OOF image, however. Sort of > > escapes > > > me as to why you chose that style. > > > "Shady, indistinct, mysterious character and > > atmosphere," perhaps?" > > > > > > Jack > > [...] > > > > > > > > I'd welcome opinions about the photo: > > > > > > > > http://www.web-options.com/L1030041.jpg > > > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
