To each his own. But today I couldn't duplicate the f/4 shot on full
frame without using the Canon 5D. Using the E-M5 with 12-50mm at 45mm
the largest aperture available is f/6.0. That would be like shooting at
f/12 with the full frame. All those guys in the background would be
pretty sharp.
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/29/2014 9:50 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
I like the degree of DOF that has occurred here, Chuck – the softness
doesn’t hurt my eyes; and although I agree with you about the
principle of framing with regard to limbs, I would accept this one as
is.
And the expression on the girl’s face is great.
Chris
On 29 Jun 2014, at 13:53, Chuck Norcutt
<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
But I do have different ideas about the sidewalk cafe shot and not
with respect to white balance. Two things hit me between the eyes
when I first looked at the image. I think the DOF is too shallow.
The guys in the background should be soft but not so soft as to
strain my eyes. I've estimated that this shot was taken at about
20-25 feet. With a 90mm at f/4 there's not much depth there. For
a street photo where one has to move fairly quickly I would likely
have used f/5.6 or even f/8. Yes, I know, I'm not the Leica shooter
trying to shoot everything wide open. Anyhow, if the shot is
important enough, it's not hard to adjust the depth of field from
sharper to blurrier. But going the other way is tough.
My second point is something that was drilled into me years ago.
The woman's shoe is not entirely within the frame. I would likely
have discarded this frame (as I have many others) based solely on
that point. My personal rule is that, if the foot (hand, etc) is
in the frame, it must be complete. If not, an alternate crop at
ankle or calf or knee level might be better. This one is close
enough to being complete that I would even consider extending the
frame and painting in the rest of the shoe and sidewalk. A bit
extreme perhaps but that's the way I was taught about taking
pictures of people. Sometimes tough on me since I continue to make
that same framing "mistake" over and over.
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