[Leica] IMG: Current events

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

Thanks, Steve, Jayanand, Luis, and Susan.  Phillipe, you're probably 
right about stopping down.  I was trying several combinations of shutter 
and aperture. Tilly (the dog) happened to yawn when the lens was set 
wide open, and I just shot.

It turned out to have the best expressions in the series I shot, so I 
posted it. I would have had to go down to f/2.8 or even f/4 to get them 
both in focus, which would have meant a shutter speed of 1/45 or 1/22. 
The dog moves much too fast for 1/22, and  often even for 1/45. I'm also 
biased towards shooting the 35 Summilux Asph mostly at f/1.4 and f/2, 
because of focus shift in the middle stops.

I wondered about posting the photo because the dog was so out of focus, 
but I kind of like it anyway. My eye goes to my mother-in-law's face 
first, and only later to the yawning dog, like the punch line in a joke. 

--Peter

Phillipe wrote:
> Nice catch. Maybe closing down a little would have helped the OoF dog 
> rendition as you still had a huge margin on speed. Nice person and 
> composition Philippe