> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > Rev. Sidney > Flack > > Burnett obviously knows a lot about photography. The images are very > reminiscent of the Life Magazine photo essays back when photo > journalism > meant something. The shallow DOF is from using his Kodak > Ektar lenses > wide open or nearly so. My point exactly. As far as I know, shallow DOF can be achieved with any format other than pinhole. Using a Graflex doesn't guarantee shallow DOF. > Not only are the images extremely well > composed, the ones that appeared on my screen had great tonal scale. > They were expressive. Now did you see images other than the 3 thumbnails I saw? Perhaps it was my high contrast LCD monitor or perhaps it was just my lack of experience and knowledge of photography - the reason I was quiet until Achal posted. I never cared much for that 'decisive moment' business anyway. Greg
