An Exception Case

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Rules are there to be...transcended through.

All right, nothing serious. I am just talking about some general advice in terms of Photography and how a case in which it does not apply.

This photograph was taken from the coast of Nessebar, Bulgaria.

Settings:

Aperture F 4; Shutter Speed 1/4000; ISO 200; Focal Length 154 mm.

So...


Generally

One should focus somewhere along the foreground. People with little experience or little knowledge often aim for the sky or the horizon when shooting a landscape, for example, but finding some detail in the foreground tells a unique story. It actually introduces a character. A hero to the otherwise empty scene.

Exceptions

Well, in this case, the accent or the hero was far back and in the foreground, I have things that can remain out of focus. Especially because...

They create a frame within the frame. Internal framing. Left and right only, but that's like curtains being withdrawn as an effect.

Yeah, explaining my own photographs kind of sucks. It's like explaining jokes.

Did I mention that I like minimalism?

Have a good time, people!

Generally, if you have time, that's a good thing ;)

I imagine lots of people imagine their imaginary spare time as the time to go fishing, chilling out on a lake somewhere among the woods...I imagine fishermen imagine their spare time as time devoid of fishing, the time to get to other hobbies. Like drinking a beer, watching the game...

Why not playing it?

Yeah, I think you can always watch a game, especially now that archives are more widely available at all times. So, go play one yourselves!

Have a good game, people! Or good fishing ;)




Yours,

Manol



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Rules are meant to be broken. 😄
Nice result! It looks quite cool.

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Thank you very much. I think it's my favorite frame from that afternoon series. A visual story coming as soon as...as it does.

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You often break your foreground rule or at least, tend to like to put something closer in the foreground to add a heavily blurred blocker. I try it too at times, but you are great at it.

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Thanks. Some blur as a natural filter, yes. I think my choice of lens (a zoom one with 200 mm top end) has something to do with that style.

But it does not focus well (sharply) at great distances. Everything beyond 5 meters is a risk. That boat can take it, sure. I am not that adamant about sharpness, too. I even have a book that says "Theory of Non-sharpness" or something like that ;)

The advice (or rule) rather refers to those sunrise/sunset shots with only the sun and some sea beyond the horizon. Far more lively if people would include something closer to them such as an abandoned sandal on the shore, a pebble, a boat, something to identify the place...

Once upon a time at a workshop, we found a stray dog, and to illustrate what I meant I called it Foreground.

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