On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 04:09:15PM +0900, David Savage wrote: # 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.
My original thought was the difference in colors, but when I realized that the outcropping was in the frame I thought it would be nice too. I guess I was trying to do too much. Would you focus on the red or the yellow? Which one in the foreground? # # 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. -- Photographs are like sentences, the best ones have both subjects and verbs. Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
