Digital BW, The Print

Hi Mark,

Harold has it right.

There is no right way to shoot any subject. Groups over the years  
have sometimes had manifestos or particular ways of doing things,  
like the idea of using hyperfocal in landscape photography  
(everything sharp from infinity to as close as possible). Sometimes  
this works and sometimes it doesn't.

Photography is about finding your own expression, something that  
works for you.

Selective focus is something that many photographers have never  
really fully experienced. This is because kit lenses even with many  
dSLRs have a not terribly wide maximum aperture and because of the FL  
multiplication factor you may be using a shorter focal length than  
you would on film. This combinations mean the shallowest dof you can  
get with many starting camera outfits is not very shallow at all.

If you feel you want to shoot landscapes with very shallow dof, do  
so. The only test is whether the images say what you want to say and  
work at some level.

Cheers,

Wayne

Wayne J. Cosshall
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