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Vertical Pine Tree View: Which do you like?

by Jacqueline D'Elia on December 20, 2009 · 6 comments

in Experimenting with Photography

Experimenting with some different angles of the camera today. These photos are taken vertically looking up into the trees. Which do you like better, the one where the top is out of focus (first photo) or top is in focus (second photo)?

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Jacqueline D'Elia  Freelance garden writer, photographer, wordpress blog designer, and computer geek. Earned a BS in Horticulture at Texas A&M. She gardens in Houston Texas and enjoys growing organic food in her raised bed garden. You can follow her garden antics on Twitter @JDElia.

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1 Helen December 20, 2009 at 7:42 pm

I prefer the bottom one – the top one just looks wrong to me

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2 Frances December 20, 2009 at 7:57 pm

I agree with Helen. I like seeing the top in focus, more like it would be if your eyes were looking up at it, to me anyway. :-)
Frances

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3 Grace December 20, 2009 at 8:18 pm

Top in focus, Jackie. I didn’t understand the first photo until I saw the second one. I think the focal point should always be in focus but I’m sure there is artistic license for the first one as well. Isn’t it fun to experiment?

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4 Nell Jean December 20, 2009 at 8:20 pm

What were you looking at? If you’re exploring bark, the first one. If you’re looking at the pinetop, the second one. I hate it when you’re bored. Santa will be here soon.

I hate it when I end a sentence with ‘at,’ too.

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5 Pam/Digging December 21, 2009 at 5:47 am

Yep, the bottom one is better.

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6 villager December 21, 2009 at 12:40 pm

I like the top one. My eyes are drawn to the bark, which is more interesting to me than the top of the tree. Or maybe it’s because I’m near-sighted. It’s fun to experiment with the camera!

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