Project 2: focus with a set aperture

Take 3 photographs with each focused on something at a different distance.

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The focus is on the first wooden pillar from the left.

(Shutter speed: 1/500, Aperture f/1.8, Focal length: 50mm, ISO: 200)

The focus is on the second wooden pillar from the left.

(Shutter speed: 1/500, Aperture f/1.8, Focal length: 50mm, ISO: 200)

The focus is on the fourth wooden pillar from the left.

(Shutter speed: 1/500, Aperture f/1.8, Focal length: 50mm, ISO: 200)

I don't think these pictures are particularly good to be honest, but among this set of pictures, I prefer the middle one.

The brick wall is dominant in the photograph, so my eyes are naturally drawn to the left side of the frame first. If the part is too blurred like in the third one, I feel a little bit uncomfortable because it makes me feel I don't know where to start looking at the picture. I would start looking at the picture from the centre, but then I feel distracted with the left part.

Then my eyes are led to the right hand side of the frame along the wall. The bad point in these pictures is that there is no stop point for my eyes. If there were something interesting at the end of the wall or on the path, such as a person, a children, a dog or a monument, it would make the pictures a bit more interesting.

For this reason, if the right hand side of the frame is too blurred like in the first picture, it makes me feel uncomfortable too. My eyes are led to the right hand side, but there is nothing to look at there, so my eyes return to the left hand side again, and keep looking for something interesting.

The middle picture is better because, although blurred, I can still see some details in the left of the frame, and also in the right of the frame. So, my eyes would start looking at the picture from the left, led to the right, and stop at the blurred person on the path.