Fedora

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  mfohl

• Feb 5, 2014

Is that Bear Bryant under there?

 

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  Toffle

• Feb 5, 2014

You'd almost think so, wouldn't you? I'm pretty sure his hat cost more than two dollars.

 

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  akfotog

• Feb 5, 2014

Nice.

 

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  oolalajp

• Feb 5, 2014

sweet! love the focus! why does there seem to be an additional pattern, like right in the center area of the hat...almost as if there were some kind of reflection? or are those just wrinkles in the fabric?

 

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  Toffle

• Feb 5, 2014

Ya, those are wrinkles. The really good hats have them like that. Thanks, I've been trying to tame the natural wide-open mushiness of the Paragon.

 

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  DavidBrunell

• Feb 5, 2014

Nicely done, it just melts into that black backround

 

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  Toffle

• Feb 5, 2014

Thanks, Dave.

 

• benjiboy

• Feb 7, 2014

We call them trilbys in Britain.

 

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  PhotoBob

• Feb 7, 2014

I prefer this composition. Nice straightforward lines and just a hat

 

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  Toffle

• Feb 8, 2014

Agreed, Bob. This is simpler and more elegant. In both shots, the point was to manipulate the plane of focus to get as much in focus as possible without stopping down. The props just give me a chance to play with storytelling at the same time. Later I'll post a third shot in which I tilted the lens board away from the focal plane so as to minimize the focus.