Dr. Tully's Bullfrog with vignetting Brookfield, NH

How many different ways can you draw attention to a subject than this! Nothing subtle about this one. I did everything but draw circles and arrows with a paragraph on the back. First of all, this was shot about three feet from the guy with an aperture of f/2.8. producing such a shallow depth of field that his nearest eye is much sharper than his other one. Notice how the foreground and background are blurred. This demonstrates how the eye is drawn to the sharpest part of the image. The vignetting (darkening around the periphery) makes the subject look brighter by contrast. This demonstrates how the eye is lead to the brightest part of the image. Finally, the subject has been placed at a very powerful place on the image based on the rule of thirds. If you are new to composition you should become familiar with this rule of composition. Google "rule of thirds". Then ignore it when you feel like it, but definitely be aware of it.