The Anti-Contrast; Soft & Dreamy

Soft Shallow Depth of Field Images

Have lots of appeal to me

Not so much to photography judges

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After a week of high contrast Black & White

Time for a 180 and look at low contrast color

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Flowing Softly

Suggestions (not rules)

1. Some part of the image should be in sharp focus

A place for your eye to rest

2. Careful placement within the frame

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Not everyone’s cup of tea

Shoot for yourself and it doesn’t matter

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The following images were all made with a 1:1 macro lens

Wide open aperture

Paper thin depth of  field

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No crop; RAW conversion in Adobe ACR

Very slight tonal & color contrast adjustments

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The above are the antitheses of this set from the other day

Painterly vs. Graphic

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Getting my money’s worth out of my $6 tulip

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