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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Rice Paper
From: Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 17:28:00 -0400
Shooting fast in changing conditions.  I like shallow depth of field and
usually shoot wide open.

Which do you like better?  The one with lots of depth of field or the
shallow one:

http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/155307907

http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/155307962

I guess it's a matter of taste, but I'll take sharp fingernails and less
sharp nose over sharp everything any day.

I like Rangefinders shot wide open.  That's just me.

Tina


On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 4/20/2014 1:59 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> > I like that composition, Tina, but I get the impression that his
> fingernails are sharper than his nose.
>
> Don't you get it? You aren't supposed to be bothered by that in B&W images
> by rangefinder, "shallow DOF even if the sun
> is bright and the subject is moving" practitioners. Maybe it's Art?
>
> Tricky enough if you can see the focus. But if the mechanical focusing
> cam/mechanism is just a tiny bit off, you can't
> really focus that perfectly.
>
> Oops, a little snark crept in from one who has never liked rangefinders -
> or (oh dear, I feel it coming on again)
> shallow DOF shots other than portraits, set pieces, and so on, where one
> may bracket focus.
>
> On 4/20/2014 2:06 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> > Yes, it's 1.7.
>
> OK, all snarkiness aside, an honest question by a puzzled shooter and
> viewer - why? F8, focused just where this shot is
> or a tiny bit forward, would have nailed the man and his burden. Maybe
> f5.6 focused right where it is, if background
> separation is a big concern.
>
> Less exposure, then lifting  the bottom a bit in post also wouldn't hurt.
>
> Doesn't Get It Moose
>
> --
> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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