Igor, your exceptional âeyeâ has found another treasure, and rendered it well.
The OOF snails at the top donât bother me at all, but my eye IS drawn to that dark rock on the left. Iâd prefer it just a bit lighter.
The main focus of the oblong rock group is set off uniquely by the snails and the dark rock
Enticing image!
Not an issue at all, Igor. We expect to see the more distant parts of an image go soft and it works well in this one to add more depth to the image. As for the dark rock that @Sandy_Richards-Brown noted, I think I like it the way it is. I find my eye traveling from the bottom of the image to that dark niche, spending some time puzzling over the half hidden area there, then moving on to the larger dark rock and then to the background.
OOF periwinkles are good with me. Feels natural in the context of this.
I have to say this is rather creepy for me. The periwinkles look like the spawn of whatever creature that darkest rock is, and theyâre hatching out. Small creatures of the black lagoon.
The OOF bits donât bother me at all, Igor. I agree with @Bonnie_Lampley that this is a little creepy. I really like how you placed the group of rocks in the frame. I do find the two leaves, or whatever they are, on the dark stone mildly distracting, however.
The exposure and muted color work well, and you processed this nicely.
-P
Igor - a resounding NO. Agree with Dennis that itâs almost expected to have the âfarâ items in a scene like this to be OOF. Itâs what we used to call a âdepth of fieldâ issue⌠ha ha. Yes, of course we can focus stack or use tilt/shift lenses to bring all things in a single plane in focusâŚ
That aside, I much prefer this image for itâs less complicated arrangement. Maybe thatâs too strong a word as your first presentation worked well too. And like Bonnie thought of being kinda creepy, and I still have my impression of being something along the lines of âThe Invasion of the Periwinkles!â Or even more apocolyptic like a swarm of locustsâŚ
Knowing the scene was really none of the above, Iâm betting it was a site to behold. Youâve captured the scene and nature story beautifully.
Igor, this is a fine look at a shore nicely sprinkled with in periwinkles. The loss of focus at the top feels fitting and puts the emphasis on the rocks across the upper middle and the periwinkles in the lower half.
Actually, I donât think so. One could argue that sharp little shells up top might pull the eye there⌠then again, do the OOF ones distract as well? Personally, no I donât think the image would be better (but wouldnât be worseâŚ) howâs that for definitive?
Hi Igor,
I have no issue with the periwinkles being OOF along the top of the frame. I think @Lon_Overacker said it perfectly. Your framing of the image works quite well, letting the viewerâs imagination decide exactly what is taking place. I myself could see them as hundreds of baby spiders scurrying about after hatching from the egg sac. Very nicely done.
Igor: Not an issue for me at all and probably because of the subject and genre. I grew up in photography (as you almost certainly did) as a single capture guy who had to weigh alternatives regarding subject placement and DOF management. In the film days we had little alternative. In the digital age things began that way but soon improved with blending in Photoshop and then even more so when stacking software came on the scene. My impression is that initially stacking was most useful in macro and flora especially and not used all that much in landscape even for intimate scenes like this. In macro and flora stacking has almost become the default and we expect to see completely sharp subjects. I donât think that attitude pervades in landscape so the single capture look is still alive and well and in the case of this image I think that enhances the appeal. If this was sharp throughout it would be more documentary than artistic. All that said, this is very well seen and superbly presented. >=))>
I think the white rocks glow even better in this one than the previous one. The light is just better. Itâs a subtle change in the field but here itâs noticeable. The âwetnessâ is wetter here due to that light. Yes, the composition is simpler in this one. The roundness of the rocks is felt more.
