Perspective
Aug 10th, 2007 by Tana
Two of my favorite photos taken this week…
Usually pictures are taken from the front, and you miss seeing those precious little curls.
What lies beyond, you do not see. This photo was taken with a 4.0 aperture. That’s what my camera wanted to use, so I let it. But I also took pictures with smaller apertures, like 5.6 and higher. After all, I was working with landscape, and for landscape you want a small aperture so everything is in focus, right? When I downloaded them, though, it was the 4.0 that I loved.
What lies beyond the fence at the back of our yard isn’t necessarily what most people would call “scenery.” It’s industrial. As in, steel buildings, semi trailers, forklifts and such. The fog did a great job of covering it up. The 4.0 aperture shortened the depth of field enough to blur anything that was somewhat visible in spite of the fog. What remains is the best of our backyard with a dreamlike quality to it. And that’s how I like to think that it is.
It’s all in how you look at things…
I think I commented on both of these over on Flickr, but I’ll say again–I LOVE that first one. The light and color is beautiful. That would be an awesome spot in your house to do portraits of the kids!
Great Pictures! Thanks for the Post. Love it!