Hello Shel, Thanks for the comments. I did try shooting closer, but the intent of the shot was more to show the brown, dried portions along with the greener ones, showing the importance of the rain - or at least the effects of no rain. Going in tighter is much like cropper tighter in a street scene that loses the context.
See my post to Bill Robb about DOF frustrations I have with macro. -- Bruce Saturday, November 4, 2006, 8:58:31 AM, you wrote: SB> Hi Bruce .... SB> The rain has been nice, hasn't it. Down here it was a warm rain which gave SB> the air a nice, clean, refreshing smell and washed the dust off the leaves. SB> I went out for a walk around 3:00am, and the early morning smells and SB> reflections of the lights from the trees, shrubbery, and buildings and SB> pavement was just lovely. SB> I find this photo a bit cliché and somewhat at odds with itself. The SB> leaves and area surrounding the central area of the photo could, I think, SB> benefit from being sharper, if not front and back, than at least front or SB> back. To my eye there's too much information. Getting closer to the drops SB> and eliminating some of the surrounding area may give more strength to the SB> image. SB> Perhaps carrying a small tripod that can fit in your camera bag will allow SB> you to make such shots with greater DOF, or even less DOF where appropriate. SB> That Tamron is supposed to be a pretty good lens, isn't it? SB> Shel >> [Original Message] >> From: Bruce Dayton >> Right after the first rain of the season. >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3846.htm >> >> Comments welcome -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
