Re: A simple question...

Neil Harrington wrote:

You've surely seen Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother." If you've ever
seen a large print of that you've immediately noticed that the focus
is wrong -- Lange was using a large-format camera, depth of field was
extremely shallow and the plane of best focus was not on the
subject's eyes where it should have been, not even close. The texture
of part of her clothes is tack sharp but her eyes are not sharp at
all. (On web images this is harder to see. I used to have a big
Graphic-Graflex book with this and some other famous photos in very
high quality full-page prints, and the focusing error really jumps
out at you.) But it's still a great shot.

http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/fsa/8b29000/8b29500/8b29516v.jpg

Interesting observation although it's possible the focus works better as shot, emphasizing the children & ragged clothes, where the woman's face is already plenty strong as a feature. Probably a stretch but maybe...

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