A picture of his gorgeous dog Crawford, taken by Matt Dickman himself, there are so many spectacular elements to this shot I hardly know where to begin.
(Editor's note: my dear friend Matt is an amazing amateur photographer, making for one more talent this man has - is there anything you can't do?)
Looking at the photo, what jumps out at me first is Crawford's adorable face. A shallow depth of field helps to accomplish this with even greater clarity in the foreground of the image. Shot with a wide lens, the light from the sun illuminates the background and helps bring out the colors from the surrounding landscape.
Lately, depth of field has become my photography obsession. With more focus on the subject close up, there's greater clarity without additional noise from the surrounding environment.
In my humble opinion, Matt got the depth of field perfect here. Not too shallow so you pick up the surrounding imagery, but just enough so that the eye, and subsequent emotion, is drawn to Crawford. Besides, who wouldn't want to focus solely on that adorable face of his!
Cheers!
-A
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