Playing with DOF

[kris10]

I was on my way home the other night and the sky was the darkest red I'd had ever seen.* My friend pulled over so I could snap a few shots.* These aren't really too "photographic" in what I hoped for but I thought the difference it the area focused on the two was pretty neat.*

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[rnt]

Kris,

What was your aperture setting and focal length? To know your depth of field makes a difference to your pictures. I love that red sky. I haven't seen this kind of red in my life.
Thanks for posting.

rnt

[Paul Shields]

Very interesting shots. At first, I though the tall object in the first shot was a tall biulding in the distance.

You should combine the sky in pic 1 with with barbed wire/post in pic 2 .

[Michele]

Nice photos. I like the second one with the foreground more in focus. I agree also with Paul in combining the two.

[kris10]

Originally Posted by rnt

Kris,

What was your aperture setting and focal length? To know your depth of field makes a difference to your pictures. I love that red sky. I haven't seen this kind of red in my life.
Thanks for posting.

rnt

If I remember correctly, I want to say my aperture was F5.3 or just one stop below that.* I'm not totally sure on the focal length but I shot with my 28-300mm.* I'm thinking I was shooting right about the middle of that lens.* I was standing pretty close to the fence post so I didn't have to zoom all the way in.* I just about drove off the road doing a "break neck" looking back at it too.* * I couldn't believe how red it was.* I usually bump saturation a tad in my post processing in photo's like this but the color actually came out exactly as I was seeing it with my eyes this time.* It was a pretty cool experiment.* I just changed the area I was focusing on and left everything else the same for both shots.* Sometimes, it helps me to go back to the fundamentals when trying to find more "creative" ideas in photography.

Originally Posted by Paul

Very interesting shots. At first, I though the tall object in the first shot was a tall biulding in the distance.

You should combine the sky in pic 1 with with barbed wire/post in pic 2 .

Thank you Paul.* I, of course knew what the tall object was but when I looked back after reading your post, I see that too.* It's neat to hear what others comments and ideas are.* Thanks for your thoughts!*

Originally Posted by Michele

Nice photos. I like the second one with the foreground more in focus. I agree also with Paul in combining the two.

I also like the foreground being in focus better.* I do wish I had had more sky though to be able to do a vertical shot with more of the post and barbed wire showing as silouette.* I think silhouettes could be like my signature type photography if I was ever doing this for moula.* I LOVE trying to find more creative and attractive ways to capture them.* Too bad it's already dark by the time I get off work right now.*:-\

I think I might just see if I can get them combined.* I think it would make a pretty cool picture to have more in focus.* How about the water tower way back in the background?* Should I clone it out when I do this or leave it in to show distance and scale?*

[chucklyman]

Great color Love the shadow of the fence.