Did you overexpose this telescope to get the foreground details and through the background more out of focus? I really like this, one thing though, the center alignment of telescope doesn't really lead into the background. Maybe a little crop on the left would add to the effect.
Another cool idea shot matt, like the dof, wouldnt make much sense to have it any shallower, tho it is worth noting that this isnt exactly the epitome of "minimal depth of field" (there have been many instances of images ending up under project headings when the shot just happens to sorta fall into the range of what the project is aimed at), anyway - this comes close, but in the end it really falls a little short mainly as a result of the flat perspective, having the scope barrel point at the scene and using your lens to lead along that might have spiced it up, there are lots of ways to do that tho. Like the contrast, keep em comin'
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