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Question where is the water flowing. Down , always give movement space to go. We normally would call that negative space. Try itOne from the H2 & P20 with HC 80mm f2.8. I have fusticated madly over where to crop this so am including the original image from ACR (WB to shade and contrast to 35) and the finished image.
WINNER. Print it bigIQ180/150 mm
Thank you Bill .Frits, I really like your treatment of the PEI house - no gloom and doom for you!
Bill
It seems to me that, in the original, you have a very narrow field of focus; the foreground and the background are not in focus. So your crop does put the foreground in focus, which to me is really important, but, as has been said, there is little negative space on the right for the water to "flow" into.One from the H2 & P20 with HC 80mm f2.8. I have fusticated madly over where to crop this so am including the original image from ACR (WB to shade and contrast to 35) and the finished image.
Handheld! OMG!Posting here for the first time.
H4D-40 and HC 120mm Macro. Handheld.
Personally I think it's important in MOST situations that the foreground be in focus. That's how we normally see things. If it's OOF, it confuses me and makes it difficult to look at comfortably. Of course if there is a specific object you want the view to see and have only that in focus, blurring the foreground can work really well.Thanks, Guy & Bob - that OOF foreground was my dilemma - should I include it or cut it. I eventually did cut it, as you can see, but I'll try another edit