Weekly Assignment: Limit Depth of Field to Show Off Your Subject

[PWS-Staff]

Perhaps the biggest benefit of being able to control depth of field is that you get to match your choice of approach to your subjects. While using a lot of depth of field is a great way to add detail to expansive landscapes, doing the opposite -- limiting depth of field to just a few feet or even inches -- lets you isolate a subject from its background.

For this assignment, choose a subject (perhaps a friend or a pet that is bold enough to stand on its own and that looks best when you use shallow depth of field to extract it from its surrounds. The three keys to reducing depth of field are using a large aperture, using a longer lens and getting close to your subject. And because depth of field is so shallow, precise focus on your main subject is very important.

From "Exposure," by Jeff Wignall

[Photoguy Johnh]

Hi,
If I wanted to upload an image, how would I do that? I'm not sure how this works.

Thanks,

John

[c5photography]

@ John - If you self host the image somewhere such as flikr or another website, you can post the link in a reply.


This is a purple crocus flower; f8, 1/4, ISO 100, 105mm with an extension tube.

[img]http://www.c5photography.com/Samples/Purple_Crocus.jpg[/img]

[JBgreendawn]

another board i read the challenge this week is to shoot a bud, any kind of a bud... and i had read about this one on facebook and just combined them. this is a pear tree in the yard this afternoon shot with an 16-50MM at 50MM with f 2.8 ISO 200 and at 1/2000 ( it was bright out) did crop it a bit to bring up the bud a little but, this is otherwise straight out of the camera. [img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/19368939@N07/5691966090/in/photostream[/img]
crossing fingers this works. if not will move the photo to another site. tried moving the photo to flicker... but, I still do not see it here in the post.