Cooked Peppers

[Phaedin]

DSC03571 by mike_gold, on Flickr

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A57 with Sigma 17-70 F2.8-4
70mm ISO 100 F4 1/40sec hand held in natural light
Out of camera JPEG no post processing
I was trying to get some subject isolation. this is the better of the 2 shots i took like this (see the one below) I was trying to focus on the back pepper which I think I succeeded in. More of the subject is in focus, and although the front pepper is not in focus I dont think it takes away too much from the image. I diodnt really have a lot of time as the family were wanting to eat lol, next time I will try one with a smaller aperture for a larger DOF




DSC03570 by mike_gold, on Flickr

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Same setting as above.
I was trying to focus on the first pepper, but I missed the focus point I wanted and got the grill instead.
I find this shot irritating - I think because too much of it is not in focus



DSC03577 by mike_gold, on Flickr

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30mm ISO 100 F4 1/20sec

Tacos de Discada
more DOF required?
I dont like the background on this shot as I think it detracts from the peppers, it needed to be darker or different colour

C&C advice and tips welcome

 

[cornetlord]

I like the third one with your title being "cooked peppers" then this one I do like....The focus in the first two i don't care for... This third one though could fit someone in a nice cookbook...with maybe a little less of whats down below though...