I am taking the “Secrets of Better Photography” class on line through Sierra College. Lesson 3 is the first opportunity we have had to post photos that reflect some of the things we’ve learned or are experimenting with in the class. I chose to use the Rule of Thirds, selective focus, and framing to isolate my subject today. This is a small patch of blue star creeper in the lawn; only one of the flowers is in focus and the grass leaves frame that flower which is in the lower third of the photo, three elements that I feel serve to bring the viewer’s eye to the subject flower.
Lens at 200mm
ISO 320
f/5.6
1/80
SOOC
Excellent! I love your explanation- so now I understand why the photo “works.”
My class instructor generally liked this photo but thought the brown leaf and blurred grass at the bottom were distracting. I agree.