Interstate 5/Highway 14 Interchange
by trying2bstill

Comment:
I find this a very mundane view of this subject. There are some strong horizontal lines in the shadows but I can't see any visual harmony. They don't lead the eye to any particular place in the frame. The chain link fence and sign are just clutter in this kind of shot. One think I like is the strong curve of the foremost road against the blue sky. This can be a visually exciting subject. Try shooting it from different viewpoints.

Dedicated Workers
by lizzyc3

Comment:
The focus on the workers looks rather weird to me, as if it has been overly manipulated in post-processing. It's an interesting shot but I can't really relate it to deep depth of field. The foreground appears to be out of focus, although it is so dark it is hard to tell. I can't tell anything about the background as it is completely dark. The light doesn't appear to be in sharp focus but that could be the flare. Deep depth of field requires that everything from the foreground to infinity be in focus.

Framing the Sun
by toddhead

Comment:
I don't understand how this is meant to show deep depth of field. The foreground is quite blurred. With deep DOF everything from the foreground to infinity needs to be in focus. It's an interesting view of the sunflowers although a bit off-balance. The top edge of the frame is nearly twice as wide as the lower edge and the same can be said for the left edge in relation to the right edge.

Up, Up, Away
by ms_eaglette

Comment:
This is illustrating deep depth of field. It's kind of a mundane view, sadly. The tree really detracts from the simplicity a shot like this should have.

Antithesis
by SharQ

Comment:
I find this a rather dull subject and an odd choice for this challenge. It isn't displaying deep depth of field. A good part of the key is out of focus. Deep DOF should show everything to infinity in focus.

Iron Grip
by Staralfur

Comment:
This is using shallow depth of field. The background is blurred. Deep DOF is when everything in the seen is in focus to infinity.
The subject is fairly interesting. The lighting is a bit flat on the hands and the focus doesn't appear to good at the lower edge of the subject. This chunky border is very unattracttive. Next time, try using the maximum size of 640. This image is rather small to make much of an impact.

The Human Turban
by Chefboz

Comment:
What can I say? This is not the best execution of a forced perspective shot, for one thing. Generally, you choose a very simple background so that you don't need to do all that Photoshop manipulation. What I'm seeing is a very heavy, rather clumsy use of the smudge tool on the background. I can't figure out why the bottom kid's head is flattened. I know it is supposed to look like the other kid is sitting on his head but it just looks wierd.The way the bottom kid's shirt and pants fit it looks like his head is twisted on backwards. Very disorienting. I'm guessing that you intended this to show Deep DOF by its necessity for this trick.

Standing Tall
by zeuszen

Comment:
I loved this shot when I first saw it. I thought I had commented on it with a rambling story about a Great Dane I had like this but I guess I edited myself and never made the post. :D

Here is the comment in brief:
Love the perspecitve, i.e, the dog is the same height as the buildings
Love the pose, could never get one of my three Aussies to pose like this in a million years
Love the dog, I had a dog like this (Leo, short for Leopold which was inspired by the Bugs Bunny cartoon) and he died in a stupid, tragic way.

Adjusting Heaven
by zeuszen

Comment:
I thought this shot captured the unusual viewpoint without the rotation. When I rotate my laptop clockwise, I like it quite a bit. BTW, that guy is nightmare fodder... ;D

Message edited by author 2004-06-05 00:33:43.

Blue string on a fence
by russi

Comment:
I liked this photo quite a bit. I would have voted higher but I didn't really see it as representing an unusual viewpoint, rather, an unusual focal point. Not really quite the same. It's a lovely image that demonstrates the beautiful in the mundane. Thanks for sharing it.