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Originally Posted by clockdoc
I guess my first question is, "What did you envision in your mind's eye when you composed the shot in your cameras viewfinder? I don't know how far you were from your subject but you were shooting with a longer than normal focal length but probably at wide-open for that setting. It is difficult to see where you focused but I suspect it was somewhere on the right-most light fixture. Depth of field was very minimal at this setting so very little remained in focus. Recall that depth of field extends forward 1/3 and back or away from the point of focus 2/3. However at wide open you would not have any significant depth of field anyway. Try moving away a bit and don't fill the frame of your viewfinder.
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In my mind i wanted to have the fixture to the left to be the focal point to off-center the photo and since alot of the colors were so close i used the longer focal length to blur the rest of them out. I see your point about not filling the frame in my view finder though. I like the photo and i think i achieved what i was going for, but since i am so new at this i am starting to see everything else that factors in, or should factor in. Haha. Thanks for your input, it is much appreciated.