tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380111651741219940.post2188960864289554946..comments2016-01-10T02:09:54.517-08:00Comments on EUGENE'S LIKENESS: Shooting at moderate distances with everything in focusAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11757511180838314720noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380111651741219940.post-77723364276567806532013-11-29T12:01:09.184-08:002013-11-29T12:01:09.184-08:00Thanks Mojo.Thanks Mojo.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757511180838314720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380111651741219940.post-81533129185972483072013-06-06T09:45:06.738-07:002013-06-06T09:45:06.738-07:00Thanks for posting!Thanks for posting!Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05507714758631956735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380111651741219940.post-54379646705519539732013-05-11T16:27:08.636-07:002013-05-11T16:27:08.636-07:00Thanks Kenny. I think so too.Thanks Kenny. I think so too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757511180838314720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380111651741219940.post-40511004442099827812013-05-10T19:59:21.218-07:002013-05-10T19:59:21.218-07:00I think Jawdoc (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28217...I think Jawdoc (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28217693@N02/) is a master of this concept. Kennymatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09886271442434697270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380111651741219940.post-40208207379047404562013-05-02T22:42:26.369-07:002013-05-02T22:42:26.369-07:00My understanding was correct. Ming added with dire...My understanding was correct. Ming added with directional light there will be shadows which gives clues to texture, shape, etc.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757511180838314720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380111651741219940.post-65541757977345242012013-05-02T15:32:15.532-07:002013-05-02T15:32:15.532-07:00Thanks Jonathan. I did not really shoot at f/16, n...Thanks Jonathan. I did not really shoot at f/16, not really needed because I use Micro Four Thirds which has lots of depth even at f/5.6. I can shoot between f/4.0 and f/8 (or even f/11 if I have to - normally my limit and very seldomly used by me) and be ok without suffering from diffraction and get everything in focus. It's not just the f/stop anyway that influences this but also the distance of the camera to the subject and the background. I think the f/16 advise was meant for full frame and I don't own a FF camera anymore. And yes, this definitely has an impact in style but it's by no way a suggestion to shoot like that. I think he just wanted me to shoot that way for this exercise so I can pay close attention to composition and to train myself with where I place my subjects and secondary subjects.<br /><br />About the line, this is exactly what Ming said "When your image has everything in focus, you have to rely on light to help give visual cues to depth and help project three dimensions into two." I have now edited the blog to include the last few words. I think it is important. Anyway, I have no idea where Ming pulled that from. If I have to guess it's probably from his background being a Physicist. Ming is a physicist by training and graduated from Oxford at the age of 16, http://blog.mingthein.com/aboutcontact. I think what he is trying to say is that light (out of the list you mentioned) is the one that would stand out the most when everything is in focus. In the Cherry Blossom photo, his suggestion was to put a subject in where the lines lead the eye to and use directional lighting to enhance it even better. It's actually present in the shot if you look again and I think Ming saw that hence the suggestion. Look at the green bush on the right bottom part, light was able to peak through a small break in the cherry blossom cover and shine on part of the bush. If I placed and timed a person walking in that area it would have worked perhaps. I'm actually going to ask him again to confirm that my understanding is the same as what he was trying to tell me. Thanks again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757511180838314720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380111651741219940.post-15165619561710679912013-05-02T14:19:38.227-07:002013-05-02T14:19:38.227-07:00Shooting at f16 is an interesting exercise and not...Shooting at f16 is an interesting exercise and not one that I do very often. To be honest, small apertures in cities for the type of photography I do does not really work - from a technical PoV (slow shutter speeds, etc). You've done well however and I particularly like the first square B&W.<br /><br />Got to pull you (not sure if it is you or your tutor) up about your line "...we have to rely on light to give visual cues to depth." Well if that's not pulled straight out of a book or another website I don't know what is. I hate photographers using pretentious squirrel words like that. What does that sentence even mean? <a href="http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~lera/psych115s/notes/lecture8/depthcues.html" rel="nofollow">Stamford Uni</a> reckon for monocular vision (which is basically 2d) the following are just some of the depth cues that the visual system uses.....<br /><br />Linear perspective. <br />Size gradient. <br />Height in visual field. <br />Shading and contours. <br />Foreshortening. <br />Occlusion. <br />Atmospheric blur.<br />Motion parallax. <br /><br />While they do not give a weight of use to each of these, light (shading and contours) is only one of many. Additionally, <a href="www.hitl.washington.edu/scivw/EVE/III.A.1.c.DepthCues.html" rel="nofollow">Marko Teittinen</a> from the Human Interface Technology Lab (HITLab) in Washington states that for shades and shadows ".....we tend to resolve ambiguities using this information.", which to me sounds as though it is given a lower general weight.<br /><br />Anyway, that's off my chest :-)<br /><br />Looking forward to the next installment. <br />PhotoJunkethttp://www.flickr.com/photos/photojunket/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380111651741219940.post-1087690930464326072013-05-02T08:22:46.988-07:002013-05-02T08:22:46.988-07:00Hi Jan, thank you. I'm glad you find value in ...Hi Jan, thank you. I'm glad you find value in it. That's one of the reasons why I decided to write about it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757511180838314720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380111651741219940.post-3299727569305129372013-05-02T04:10:56.205-07:002013-05-02T04:10:56.205-07:00Thanks for posting your pictures, I liked them all...Thanks for posting your pictures, I liked them all. Shooting with everything in focus is normally my first choice which is why the DSLR stays at home a lot while I use a compact! Thanks also for posting Mings comments, they provide valuable insight.Jan Jurewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190267122906655181noreply@blogger.com