On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 13:17:09 -0500, "Emily L. Ferguson" <elf@xxxxxxxx> wrote/replied to: >> Jim Davis - Late Evening Fishing > >Well, it sure is difficult to separate who's fishing from the >background. Sidelight, get up much higher so the water's behind the >head, shallow depth of field. Something to make us see the face. Hey, it was getting dark. The image shows the scene my eyes saw. I held back on lightening or bringing up the kids' face. Or maybe it's the Mac monitor being too dark :-) The point is, this is NOT a portrait. I couldn't change the lighting or position of the kid. And no way I could get shallower DOF, cause it was getting really dark! -- Jim Davis, Nature Photography: http://jimdavis.oberro.com/ Motorcycle Relay Kits: http://www.easternbeaver.com/
