Selective Focus Horse with Owner

JimMcClain · Jan 15, 2015

After reading some about selective focus pictures, I decided to make one yesterday. Our local college has an equestrian center, so I rode my Segway there to see what I could find. I had previously spoken with the director and got his permission to shoot any time I wanted during classes.

This was taken with my Nikon D810 and Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD at 70mm, f/3.5, 1/200s, ISO 400 hand-held. PP in Lightroom 5.7 with an assist by Photoshop.

Your C&C appreciated.

Jim

tirediron · Jan 15, 2015

Nicely done!

bribrius · Jan 15, 2015

selective focus pictures?????

JimMcClain · Jan 15, 2015

bribrius said:
selective focus pictures?????

Some people think all pictures with a shallow depth of field are "selective focus" because they choose what to focus on, allowing everything else to be out of focus. But real selective focus is where some of what is out of focus has a direct relation to what is in focus - it tells part of the story, rather than being just a background element.

That's my opinion and I am sticking to it.

Jim

goooner · Jan 16, 2015

Nice photo. Not sure I like the processing on her nearest arm, does not look natural. Might be the out of focus effect-not sure.

Designer · Jan 16, 2015

Horse people will like it a lot.

JimMcClain · Jan 16, 2015

Designer said:
Horse people will like it a lot.

And I live in horse country.

Of the 4 pictures I developed from this session and posted on my facebook timeline, the picture above has been the most popular. Here are the other 3, which have also been enjoyed and shared a lot:

Jim