Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>wrote: >A question about bokeh in two photos. These are straight out of the >camera with just levels adjusted. Is the bokeh too distracting? I >deliberately shot wide open to throw the background and foreground >out and emphasize the girl on these. I have others that are stopped down >more. >http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/110355394 >http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/110355396 >More blur or less? ===================================================================== I like pictures with sharp subject/soft backgrounds, but here I find I feel that vertical one doesn't work. There is so much on top that I want to see what's going on there, and am frustrated that I can't; it overpowers the girl. If you make a horizontal crop of this one, it seems better. The other one seems to balance out better as it is. That's my take. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/