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His watchful gaze...
His watchful gaze...
dwterry


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Location: West Jordan, UT
Date: Jul 27, 2005
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Jul 27, 2005

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 Purposely focused the camera on the background subject.

The idea here was that even though the girl was the main subject, I wanted to see the expression on her boyfriend's face as he looked at her.

So while the girl dominates the scene and the direction of the boy's eyes guide us towards her, she is, nevertheless, out of focus and slightly darker.

Lighting used: Bracket mounted 550EX flash set to a 1:2 lighting ratio with a 420EX slave shooting through an umbrella.

Lens: 70-200 2.8 'L' lens, at 105mm and f/2.8.

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Canon EOS-60D
Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
 07/28/2005 04:34:34 AM
Nice idea but I think the girl is a bit to much out of focus. Other than that good shot.
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 07/28/2005 03:07:00 AM
this is really creative but I think the guy steals the focus because he's in focus. really really great idea though...im sure the girl loves this shot too.
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Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/28/2005 12:12:06 AM
I was trying to think of a creative way for the dominant image to be out of focus while leaving "something of interest" still in focus.

But I think you are right... whatever I decide to put the focus on immediately *becomes* the subject. I don't know how to get around that without making the image more of a "mistake" (i.e. randomly change the focus and see what you get).
Fujifilm X-T30
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 07/28/2005 12:04:49 AM
Very nice. Actually, I think the boy is the main subject--but it may be the issue we have been all running into: the main subject changes with the focus. Did you shoot this the other way as well? I would have liked to see it that way. I think the boy, if not TOO OOF, would have still been the main focus and that might have really been the best example of breaking Rule 2. Nice work.
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