[Leica] Album

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Peter Dzwig  showed:
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/My-album/FrostyMorningR11b7001_020<<<

Nathan Wajsman offered in comment:
>>> I was really attracted by this one
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/My-album/FrostyMorningR11b7001_020
> when looking at the thumbnails. But when I opened the large image, I was
> put off by the large area of unsharp vegetation in the foreground. The
> light in the image is beautiful but this unsharpness in the foreground
> bothers me.

Hi Peter & Nathan,
I agree with you Nathan no question. The out of focus foreground is much too
distracting and basically blocks one's eyes from going beyond it. Besides
there isn't anything in the background strong enough for one's eye to lock
on and jump by the out of focus area.

What happens when a human looks at a scene like this, our eyes are changing
focus so rapidly as we scan the scene, we don't see the out of focus area as
it appears in the photograph. Therefore when we look at final shot on film
here's this big "blob" of distracting area spoiling a wonderful frost effect
scene.

Peter this scene has wonderful possibilities with all the backlit frost, but
it's also a tough subject to make it work well. Either by stopping down to
capture the frost covered grass to the trees in the bckgrd, a macro or tele
lens for separation of sparkling frost from black background..

I would've tried for a tight shot on some heavy frost covered blades of
grass or branches, macro or close to that. With the background completely
out of focus and the foliage sparkling against a dark background due to the
backlighting.

A tele might've worked by making your shot out of the grass/shrubs upper
right side almost at the edge of the frame against the black bckgrd.
Probably a 400mm or in that range. Or walk closer and use a 200 might be
alright. Or a 400 with a macro adapter...... like wow!!!!!! ;-)

Sorry mate but that's the way it goes sometimes.
ted