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Double clicking on the posted shots does nothing on my Browser Ben.Try the zoomify versions Marc, easier to get an idea when you can zoom right in on the image. The DOF of the second is equivelent to f1.2 rather than the f1.4 of the first but using a longer lens results (IMO) is a more sudden focus fall off in general. The composition difference was due to me screwing up the stitch .
I'm not actually trying to compare the final images, as you say due to the composition the first is a stronger image. I'm just wondering whether the 'look' of the tonality and focus fall off in the 2nd is worth the bother.
These are sublime Ben.2 more images from the Dream Project (part 2), using a Pentax Takumer Super 50mm f1.4 wide open on my Canon 5D. It has a very nice rendition with the OOF highlights, the 2nd image would have looked very ugly with the canon 50mm. It isn't quite as ethereal though and doesn't have quite the amount of sudden focus fall off of the canon.
This old house stands on the corner of a street dominated by large apartment blocks. It has a lot of space around it, is a single story building and as I sat opposite eating a croissant I asked the barber sitting outside what the story was of this georgous house which hadn't been snapped up by the developers. The story goes as follows. The house belongs to an 80 year old lady who had never had children and lives there alone. She walks stooped over with her cane but goes out every morning to volunteer in the nearby hospital. The college nearby offered her 3 million dollars for her house and her lifetime in the best old age home in the country. She told them that after her death they could do what they liked with it but until that time, it's her home and she's not moving.
My respect for a little old lady who I've never even met is incredible. I hope the college and property developers are gritting their teeth over her continued refusal for decades to come!
Her home: