Perspective

Today while I was reading Digital Photography Essentials, I came across a page on perspective and view points. I thought this would be a fun thing to experiment with because I've done depth of field before and as I was experimenting, I noticed how perspective and depth of field really go hand in hand. You can see the results of this experimentation in the following pictures.

You can see with this first picture that perspective can create depth of field, and show distance, i.e. the stones in front being really up close, and the tree in the back far away. If used correctly, perspective can be quite useful in taking a good picture, which you can see an example of no perspective in this next picture. 

This is an example of a bad use of perspective, and you can see the difference it had on the quality of the photo. It’s difficult to judge distance and makes everything seem bland and have no detail. 

This third picture, while not up close and personal, is still an example of perspective. This is because it has the railing in front up close, and the patio and tree in the middle/back, giving a sense of depth.

I’ll end this post today with this: what is your preferred perspective: up close, far away, or maybe something else?