Sun, 07 May 2006 13:31:26 -0700 Ryan Brooks wrote: > DagT wrote: > > No, the photographer used DOF correctly to lead our attention to the > > person in the background. > > > > DagT > > Ditto here. The story was the CIA guy, not the President. Excellent > timing on the shot too- sums things up well. > > -Ryan
DagT, Ryan, I understand your reasoning, but there are two things that disturb me here: 1. Something that is in focus is in the corner of the photo and takes only 1/3 of the area of the photo. Something that is out-of-focus takes 1/2 of the photo. And this out-of-focus part is not a background but the person in front, and it is a full head shot of this person. 2. The caption says: "President Bush (R) announces the resignation of CIA Director Porter Goss (L) .. " So, I expect at least the subject (as opposed to just the object) of the caption sentence being in focus. If indeed, the photographer's intention was to draw attention to the CIA Director, then the caption should have been something like: "CIA Director .. listens to his resignation being announced by ..." or ".. while his resignation is being announced by ..." Igor
