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Baxter,
I wonder if you could have thrown the background *more* out of focus?

Yes I could Mark, but chose not to.

This looked best on the GG. Very soft looked poor and didn't show similarity of cliff structures. I couldn't keep it all sharp since I was very close to the rock and I liked the allusion to the cliffs, but retaining emphasis on the rock of the ledge.

I understand.

I'm going through a bit of a 'discovery' moment using movements on selected areas of a sheet of film; whilst also re-discovering the fun of a 35mm range-finder. They don't really go hand in hand & therefore I'm jumping too quickly when I see other people's work.

I love your choice of focus here, Baxter. Very fine.

Thanks Christopher

Mark, no problem. I realise my response looks a bit terse, wasn't intended that way. Restricted focus can be very creative and a powerful device. Something I have been learning about and exploiting for a while. So much so, that I managed to buy a Cooke PS945 recently to really exploit the effect. It is unusual for me to use it with a wide angle lens. Coincidentally, I too am using a rangefinder as a foil to the rigours of LF shooting. With this, I use restricted focus much more frequently, despite the fact that the possibilities are far less extensive than with LF. I love the freedom it offers - however, I haven't many 'keepers' from it!

Not surprising. The smaller my cameras get the faster I can compose a shot and the quicker my trigger finger tends to be.