Misty Morning
by librodo

Comment by rcrawford:
Man you are making a run on the D70 page! Give us poor slops a break ;-)
Congratulations on another great photo, I'm sure a blue ribbon is just around the corner.

Message edited by author 2004-04-26 16:00:32.

Misty Morning
by librodo

Comment by soccerdad:
Sorry so late, congrats Manny.

Misty Morning
by librodo

Comment by Azrifel:

Originally posted by darcy: But I have to ask, how can your aperature be so large - 1.8 - when your depth of field seems to be so deep. Doesn't a large aperature usually give a shallow depth of field?

"At a fixed aperture, focussing at a greater distance brings more of the foreground and background into the zone of sharpness." quote from National Geographic's Photography Field Guide.

The usual dramatic small DOF of a 50mm @ F1.8 is mostly seen with portraits shot from a relative close range. The focus point here is considerably further away.

Misty Morning
by librodo

Comment by HRoxas:
Congrats Manny, well done image....deserves a ribbon!

Misty Morning
by librodo

Comment by photom:
Congratulations! One of my favorite images - a well-dererved ribbon.

Misty Morning
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Comment by amsmyth:
This is a lovely image and congratulations on the red.

Misty Morning
by librodo

Comment by librodo:
Thank you very much for your comments and your votes. This is a very lucky shot for me. I am not much of a landscape but rather more of a portrait person.

The first night of our package tour to Vietnam was in Halong Bay area. I woke up at 5:00 a.m. and was out in the shores overlooking the Halong Bay at 6:00 a.m. (since breakfast won't be ready until 7:00). I spotted 3 fishing boats. I took plenty of shots (close to 50). I was also using my newly purchased 50 mm. f1.8 lens (per suggestion of dpchallenge members). In the LCD, I wasn't impressed with my shots. I would rather save my children pics so I deleted a lot. But when I downloaded the un-deleted ones in my computer, I was surprised by the clarity of the details and the drama of the early morning mist.

Darcy, I check the exif file again and it was f1.8. Sorry I am not a very technical person so I couldn't answer the question. maybe somemmembers can answer this.

Once again, thank you very much for all the critiques.

Manny

Misty Morning
by librodo

Comment by Jovi:
Way to go Manny!!! Congrats!!

Misty Morning
by librodo

Comment by geewhy:
A blue is on it`s way soon, I`m sure.

Congratulations,
Gordon

Misty Morning
by librodo

Comment by darcy:
Congratulations!

But I have to ask, how can your aperature be so large - 1.8 - when your depth of field seems to be so deep. Doesn't a large aperature usually give a shallow depth of field?