John
On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:33:47 -0400 (EDT), frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- Lasse Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:<major snippage>
Hi Paul, and (a late) welcome to the list from Scandinavia.Hope my comments don't come across as pretentious. Your pictures are nice enough to watch, but they could get better.
Hi, Paul,
I don't disagree with anything Lasse said. I, too found that while the dancers in the foreground were caught doing interesting things, the people in the background distracted from that.
You could crop, but even then, you'll still get the odd foot or hand or whatever in the background that one may find distracting. Cropping what you presented to us would help immensely, but even better, think of a few things for next time (not that you'll go shoot street dancers again tomorrow, but you know what I mean, generally, next time you're in a similar situation).
Try to keep the background as uncluttered as possible. Given what Lasse and I said, that's a given.
Another idea may be to try different angles, like shooting from different elevations, so that you're looking down, and get more pavement in the background.
It may be absolutely impossible to shoot without getting spectators in the background, as they may be surrounding performers in a circle. In that case, consider opening up the aperture a bit. Or, a lot. Try shooting as wide as your lens will go. That way you should get the background spectators out of focus due to the narrower depth of field (DOF). Sharp subject with blurry background can be very effective in separating a subject from an objectionable or uninteresting background.
HTH.
BTW, welcome aboard!!
cheers, frank
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