Re: Hyperfocal focusing: Use judgment first!

[P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric Goldstein said:

>And yes, there are those of us who don't subscribe to the belief that
>everything in the superior stereo shot must be in sharp focus, and that
>selective focus is a tool for the stereographer as well as the plano
>photographer.

I agree with you, Eric.  I have a few stereo slides with out-of-focus
backgrounds and sharply in-focus subjects.  Some of them "work" in my
opinion, and some of them don't.

I'm having a hard time formulating a guideline about what works and
what doesn't, however.  In the ones that 'work', the background is
very "busy", and there isn't anything in it to 'draw the eye'.  In
the ones that don't, the background is rather open and I find myself
wanting to 'look around' in it, but can't because of the lack of
focus.  But this is still rather vague and I don't know that I could
necessarily 'see' this while composing the shot, without a
depth-of-field preview feature (and possibly not even then).

Any thoughts?

	-Greg W.


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