man & nature # 262-64 ~ push 'n pull

Jay Range ~ Jay, NY • click to embiggen
Leafless tree with red berries • click to embiggenIf you click to embiggen the leafless tree with red berries diptych and let your eyes shift back and forth from the foreground focus picture to the background focus picture, there is very interesting / disconcerting push/pull effect that results. At least for me there is.

If one were into this effect, and perhaps this is where I am headed, narrow DOF-wise, there are undoubtedly quite a few possibilities out there for picturing with this approach. And, I really like the idea that this approach works with one of the medium's inherently unique characteristics.

Comments

[Svein-Frode]

That's very cool, but I wonder if the effect will be the same when the images are printed and framed?

[Gordon McGregor]

People still do that?

[Markus]

Definitely works for me. I had tried this effect too, but was not content. What you show here is not only a difference in focus but also a carefully selected modification in object distance and therefore perspective. This seems to me to be a necessary ingredience for this push-pull effect.