Paradise

This week in SSC:

"Deep Depth of Field"

I took this photo on a walk through this pretty neighborhood by the sea. These folks look like they've created a nice little slice of paradise for themselves here.

My scene was taken handheld at f11. "Deep depth of field" is a technique that I haven't really used much but I want to use it more now. It's very intriguing. This was a good and challenging challenge.

...and for Sight and Sound:

The Moody Blues from their album "In Search of the Lost Chord" (1968)

Visions of Paradise

Visions of Paradise

Frans Schols, Nouchetdu38, Roger (Grisly), Fred Fouarge and 21 other people have particularly liked this photo

34 comments - The latest ones

Taormina

Wirkt auch sehr beruhigend... und einen guten Gärtner gibt es dort auch ;)

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Taormina

Yes. :))

5 years ago.

Heide ^club

A very nice balanced picture.
Fabulously photographed, Karen

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Heide ^club

Danke sehr, Heide!

5 years ago.

Valfal ^club

I'd say you were successful this week! What a beautiful front yard (yes, it is paradise!). Excellent capture, Karen! :-)

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Valfal ^club

Thank you, Val. And thank you for this challenging challenge this week. It really put my brain to work! :D

5 years ago.

Chrissy ^club

oh ja, dort kann man sicher schön auf der Veranda sitzen!

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Chrissy ^club

Yes. I bet it's so nice. :)

5 years ago.

Annaig56 ^club

bien vu,

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club

Merci, annaig.

5 years ago.

Wierd Folkersma ^club

very special garden, a lot of work

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Wierd Folkersma ^club

So true, Wierd.

5 years ago.

Ulrich John ^club

Very nice, Karen ! A fine DOV !

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Ulrich John ^club

Danke, Ulrich.

5 years ago.

Jan

Nice to find paradise Karen! Great job

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Jan

Lol. Thanks, Jan!

5 years ago.

Xata ^club

A composed garden and maybe a superb view, hope they are happy!

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Xata ^club

It really is a great view from here. I used to live in this neighborhood as a child and it's really pretty.

5 years ago.

Peter_Private_Box ^club

Hi Karen,

A beautifully kept garden, a nice house, and a great picture of it too. As Val says, you have certainly mastered the idea of making aperture the key setting!
Now let me really wind you up, and say that I saw the Moody Blues in concert when I was a student too!! (And a lot of others too, but perhaps that is a different conversation!)

Best Wishes
Peter

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Peter_Private_Box ^club

Oh wow... you are SO lucky, Peter! I would have loved to see them. One of my sisters got to see them too and said they were fantastic.

Thanks for the nice compliment. This was a more challenging technique for me and I really want to learn more about it now.

5 years ago.

Ecobird ^club

A beautiful and well maintained property and a lovely shot Karen. Can't go wrong with the Moody Blues, - a neat match. Happy Sunday to you.

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Ecobird ^club

Thank you, Carol. Happy week to you! :)

5 years ago.

Gillian Everett ^club

Great work Karen. Lovely gardens, guess they have a fine view too.

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Gillian Everett ^club

They really do, Gillian. I wish I could share their view with everyone too but I didn't get one good enough. :))

5 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

It looks a lovely place if you have enough money to keep it up:-) Well done! I think f/11 was just right to get everything in focus and of course wide angle is helpful! I have a (manual) 15mm lens which I just leave at infinity and everything from 2-3m distance is sharp:-)

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Gudrun ^club

Danke, Gudrun. This wasn't even my first choice for this week but it turned out to be the best of what I got. Anything at a higher f stop was a total bust for me. I'm learning so much about this now and am excited to do more experimenting.

As far as I know, neither of my Sony cameras have an "Infinity" setting. :-\

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

neira-Dan ^club

Belle réalisation , bien composée

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to neira-Dan ^club

Merci, Dan!

5 years ago.

Roger Bennion ^club

Yes, most definitely a little slice of paradise. I wonder if they would like a lodger :-)) Deep depth-of-field here for sure and challenge perfectly met I say. A spot-on musical match. Classic Moody Blues.

Thank you, Karen, for posting to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Roger Bennion ^club

Thanks so much, Roger. I love the Moody Blues so I was glad to make it fit. ;-)

5 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club

Well manicured lawns and beautifully kept garden set off the house perfectly Karen.

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Roger (Grisly) ^club

Thanks, Roger! :)

5 years ago.

Bruce Dean (Puchinpa… ^club

There is depth for the depth of field for the camera to measure. There is something at every distance. A real challenge might be to have a feature article to have much closer to the lens.

5 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Bruce Dean (Puchinpa… ^club

Thanks, Pappy.

That's a great idea and I think it would be good to revisit this challenge in the future.

5 years ago.

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