Bruce Walker wrote:
Thanks very much, Larry. Intrigued by your DoF comment I pixel-peeped the shot. I estimate that the plane of focus includes Annie's hair (her bangs over her forehead), her fingers (handle of the cup), and her right shoulder and upper arm. Her knee and that piercing are actually soft. Her eyelashes are in reasonable focus, but her eyes are closed so that matters less. That was a kind of one-off shot as I was mostly shooting to include environment and I scooted forward on a whim to get that close-framed shot. I most likely tried to focus on her eyes but focus-recompose may have thrown that off, or I just blew focus because I just wanted to capture the moment.
Interesting, I did use the word "seems". I suspect that the hair at the back of her head being quite out of focus, and the other bits of her face being harder to see what is in focus just fools my eyes.
It was definitely worth shooting, and looking at. I think that it is a concept that you could revisit to good effect, especially since this one was a bit off the cuff. I think that where this is a good photo, with a bit of planning you could get some great photos on the theme of people relaxing with a comforting beverage or meal, and if some of them happen to be beautiful women, that could have merits as well.
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