The background is distracting IMO. Front to back depth isn't necessary. As I see it, it's the difference in colours that will make the shot.
Narrower AOV & less DOF would be my suggestion. Cheers, Dave 2009/2/22 Larry Colen <[email protected]>: > Yesterday, I took a few minutes off to wander about outside the office > with my K100 + DA40. I thought I'd get some shots of some recently > painted fire plumbing that was a very pretty shade of red. I tried > juxtaposing it with the bright yellow fire hydrant and the green hills > with a rock outcropping nearby. > > I don't feel that the shot quite worked. One thing I may try is a > longer lens to flatten the perspective and bring the outcropping in > more. I'd greatly appreciate other suggestions of what to try to make > this shot work. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157614202014625/ -- 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.
