A Wife with an Attitude

Shot with a Canon EOS 50D (w/ 17-55 F2.8 IS USM lens)

• Shot on Aperture Priority.
• Focal Length: 17mm
• Aperture: f2.8
• Exposure: 1/1600s
• ISO 100

It is hard to get Greta to pose for a photo, especially if she knows I’ll be posting it as an artistic entry. This one worked so well because it was as close to a candid as you can get. She knew I was there and shooting but I guess didn’t realise I was shooting wide.

Given the situation, I’m not too sorry that the shot has the subject dead-centre, but it needed some post-processing to make that a bit acceptable. Thankfully, by shooting at f2.8, I managed to throw most of the background slightly out of focus despite shooting at such a wide angle.

(#18 of 366 X 2012 project)

P.S. I’ll go into the ins and outs of why it is harder to throw the background out of focus when shooting wide-angle in the free photography lessons I’ll be giving soon – so you might want to subscribe here or simply check back into my blog frequently.