Assignment 5 changes after tutor review

For final submission to assessment I have considered comments from my tutor on assignment 5.

The assignment has a strong consistency message brought across by using very low depth of field on many of the images. I used a 50mm prime lens with max aperture f1.4. There are two images for which this is less apparent however which I have decided to revisit and consider for change

Image 1 Connected

This image was taken with a wide aperture f2.2 however the composition is very flat and so the shallow depth of field is not apparent ( the background is actually grass about 3 feet away and is very out of focus ). I thought about retaking this image at an angle however I couldn’t visualize an acceptable way to bring across the message I wanted to. So I experimented with an alternative way to bring across the same message using a chain.

I have decided in this case to keep with the original image as I feel the message and the way it is presented is strong enough to overcome the downside of the lack of depth of field.

Another image from the series was even more pronounced in this respect and in retrospect was not a good fit for the series so I have revisited and replaced with an image which fits much better with the series

Rejected image

Replacement
I revisited the site and took another picture of the same memorial with an aperture of f1.4

What did I learn from this?

There is strength in individual images. I believe that in assignment 5 I have assembled the strongest set of individual images. There is also strength in the consistency within a series.