That's it Brian, it works very well now. I'm not sure you will see much difference between F8 & F11. F8 to F32 yes. Maybe try a few shots at home say on a textured patterned table cloth from wide open to fully stopped down. Going at one stop at a time will show some of the differences. Mind you all this relationship changes the further you are from the subject. Life wasn't meant to be easy:-)
Guest
28-Mar-2005 04:23
Thanks for commenting Techo and Pops. Really, I was just experimenting with shallow DOF and wasn’t sure what opinions others would have of the photograph. My impression is that most don’t care for the shallow DOF in this situation and the next opportunity I have for a similar shot I think I’ll stop down the lens quite a bit more. Something I have yet to completely master is the subtle differences between apertures near each other in the continuum. For example, how different would f/8 have been than say f/11? Would either of these apertures have been stopped down enough to, for example, get 5-6 rows of diagonals in focus? Each time I come back with a batch of photographs I continue to learn something new (usually the hard way). All in all, it’s great fun though! Thanks again, Brian
Guest
27-Mar-2005 22:18
Instead of shooting this at 1/3000 at f4.5 you should have shot it at 1/4.5 at f3000. The lack of DOF just bothers me. It's too shallow.
Techo
26-Mar-2005 17:10
Ah yes, I like this one more. I did like the various tones in the 1st posted photo and in this one the contrast and tone make it look like, cold steel ;-) and yes Rod's suggestion did help with leading up the eye instead of affixing it at the slim line that holds the focus point.
Guest
26-Mar-2005 14:42
How's this Rod? I increased the contrast to blow out the highlights and darken the shadows. Then converted it to B&W.
For reference the original was:
Rod
26-Mar-2005 13:09
I would try & increase the contrast or whatever in PS so the highlights will take our eye through the shot. It will possibly end up as a surreal type of shot, but it may work better. Nice idea Brian.
