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    Re: Urban School Yard

    larger DOF. you're blurring out the human aspect, one of the most important parts of any photo. plus you're losing detail in your brights. detailed grass though.

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    Re: Urban School Yard

    Thanks Brent. This was a pretty rushed photo.

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    Re: Urban School Yard

    Don,

    I think this is a good beginning.

    On the DOF, you could increase it or decrease it. Decreasing the DOF, the foreground would tell the story and the people would be a supplement to the photograph – IE if you had a focused baseball in the foreground and the people were out of focus, (this is an example only, not a suggestion). That being said, I don’t see the foreground being compelling enough to carry that much weight. The composition is good there just needs something more. I also am not crazy with the pole dividing one of the kids in half, (I realize this was a rushed shot). As I said this is a good idea and it has a lot of potential.

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    Re: Urban School Yard

    I like your idea a lot, I'll have to give it a try sometime.

    The DOF doesn't bother me much although it would be worth experimenting with. I wish there was something in the grass to draw the viewers attention (but if there were it could turn out to be less interesting).

    Like I first mentioned; great idea.

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    Re: Urban School Yard

    Thanks guys. I guess this is a one off though at least until next year.

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