They grow so fast!

[Christie Photo]

Current snaps of the grandkids. It's hard to realize how quickly time goes by.

-Pete

 

[icassell]

Pete, These are wonderful images. I particularly like the first one, but both are great. The composition and lighting are right-on. The kids will treasure these pix when they get older.

 

[Christie Photo]

Thanks, Ian!

 

[BlueEyes01]

I love both of these also, they are definately "story tellers".

 

[dry3210]

Nice! Especially the 2nd one

 

[M1M]

Love both pics.

Great work.

 

[zendianah]

Current snaps of the grandkids. It's hard to realize how quickly time goes by.

-Pete

Pete,

these are great. Can you tell me how you get the leaves crisp above the boys, but the background and foreground blurry?

 

[Christie Photo]

Can you tell me how you get the leaves crisp above the boys, but the background and foreground blurry?

Sure....

I used a 100mm lens. The camera I used has a "full-frame" sensor, so that makes the focal length twice that of a normal lens. I can't recall, but I think I was working around f4.5 or so. I'll look when I get back in the office tomorrow.

But I chose a nice, deep setting to work in. As you know, most of the depth-of-field will occur behind the plane on which you focus, so the foreground goes soft right away. Choosing a really deep setting allows the background to go soft. The leaves above the kids are in the same plane as them, so they remain in focus.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words!

-Pete