garden protector

[EastCoastHucker]

Hi..
Took this picture on my in laws house in PA last weekend...
D70/50mm @1.8
Any good... they like it a lot.. how about here ?
I know that this is a much tougher crew..;)

[MarcusK]

Well if its any good, i would say yes it is... there are some points to be noted though:

1- The lower rear part of the Guardian (his bum) is blown out.... so is the bit of snow at his feet....

2- From what i make of the image, the shape behind him is a shadow (of the house? ) but doesn't look black enough to b a shadow, rather looks like water...

3- the DoF is pretty good in popping out the state, but the shadowy part does not blur making the image a bit weird...DoF on top not much at bottom....

Now... I would say a better exposure could have been more effective, maybe 1 or 2 stops down... This might be fixed in post though (at least as far as i know ) I think then you would get a better result....

I usually find also that when using DoF you want to have a busy bg that will blur (maybe not too busy, but something that will blurr into one or a couple of colors)....

But i like the composition, and the theme.... and if they liked it that ought to mean something too.... (unless they dont like you and are saying that to spite you just kidding)

Hope this helps!
Marc

[trog100]

possibly but no.. has it had some after effect done to it.. ??

trog

[EastCoastHucker]

possibly but no.. has it had some after effect done to it.. ??

trog

beside a little crop no.

Thanks for your comments Marcus..

[trog100]

a very strange and unpleasant bokeh then.. the fence and the flowers look most odd..

trog

[Canuck935]

As far as the odd bokeh, was there a filter on the lens?

[EastCoastHucker]

As far as the odd bokeh, was there a filter on the lens?

Yes... a Hoya Haze-1

[Canuck935]

Hoya filters are generally very good. Is it an MC (Mult-Coated) filter? Non-MC filters have been known to cause bizzare bokeh/reflections/ghosting...

[ravenmore]

Hmmm - how would it look in b&w? I hear my old colleg prof "if the composition isn't about color then don't use it...."

[EastCoastHucker]

Canuck, I just check the lens and is a B+W F-Pro filter, no Hoya.


ravenmore,