Young Dancer's Legs

Repetition of similar shapes always creates interesting patterns and rhythms in art. In this image of the dancers, the dresses, legs, and lights are all examples of this. By composing the image to only include the bottom half of the dancers, I was able to simplify the composition which keeps your eyes from wandering out of the frame. Also by using a very large lens opening of f-2.8 the shallow depth of field caused the lights to overlap each other as they balloon out of focus. LynnFreeny.com

Appalachian Fiddle Player

I like to go to places where I can hear and see mountain culture. At a fiddlers convention in East Tennessee I found this mountain man playing a Old-time Appalachian fiddle. The Appalachian Mountains seem to go so well with the Old-time music. The humble beauty of the Appalachians look much more friendly than the high and lofty Rockies of the west. This type of music fits the landscape.
This is a very direct portrait. These types of portraits work best if the eyes are sharp and the depth of field is shallow. Shallow depth of field helps focus the attention on the subject because of the out of focus background. LynnFreeny.com

Duck in Reflecting Water

Find interesting reflections then add a duck. That is not actually what happened. As I looked at this beautiful beaver pond with mountains surrounding it; I noticed these very curious ducks coming toward me. I had my wide angle lens on my camera to capture this whole scene. As these ducks approached, I realized that was the wrong lens. I quickly changed to a 200 mm lens to isolate the most interesting part of the scene. The duck caused a circular ripple in the water much like a rock thrown in the water. In composing the image I give the duck more space in front. This seems to help the viewer to imagine the duck's forward motion. The deep blue sky with lush green vegetation gave me a very dramatic reflection in the pond. I shot with a very large f-stop that produced shallow depth of field helping to isolate my subject even more.
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