Firestarter, I understand what you're saying, but this is the view you would have had if your eyes were able to only see 24 mm wide. If my vision were 24 mm wide, I would be looking at this scene and be impressed by what I saw. After all, it IS what I'm looking at, only now it's recorded as an image 24 mm wide.


In "live view," (that is, actually being there), I would be perusing the whole area. It's personal preference what constitutes the points of interest, but I would think that a more restricted view of this particular scene would detract from it. Generally, landscape photos stand out when foreground and background are in focus, even in print, since this captures the scene as your eye sees it. If that pool were out of focus, it wouldn't look as revealing, compelling, or "threatening." (meaning, it looks ominous, sort of like something that caused the death of the tree).


Just my 2 cents.