Project: Focus

For this project on focus, I took several photos of the same set of boats on a pier, with the aperture set at F2. I first focused on the closest boat, then on the third boat, and finally on the last boat. I left the aperture at F2, giving the shallowest depth of field possible with this lens.

While I like the balance of the photo with the middle boats in focus, I prefer the one with the last boat in focus. I think the middle-focus picture would've worked better if the third boat had more interesting detail in it, like the second one does. It's just too bland.

I also think the edge of the pier is very important in this composition, and in the third photo, it pulls the eye right into the boat, which is in sharp focus. I also like how the edge of the pier forms a line to the boat, which then points toward the house, so it carries your eye all around the photo. You also can see some shadows and highlights in the water and on the pier, which I enjoy.

The only thing I like about the first photo is the detail in the boat. Most of the photo is blurry, and there just isn't enough of the boat to make the photo interesting.

Photos were taken with TMAX 100 and developed with ATM49.