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 06/07/2004 10:46:36 PM · #1
What do you think?

06/07/2004 11:25:00 PM · #2
kosta,

nice shot! did you use a polariser? where d'ya take it?
dunno about the deep dof tho
 06/07/2004 11:27:26 PM · #3
Although it is a lovely shot, this is where I get confused...is that deep DOF? The tree in the foreground is in focus, and the ones in the BG are softer. If that's what it is supposed to be, then no wonder I'm at a 4.50 right now! :o)
 06/07/2004 11:35:22 PM · #4
nah - it all should be in focus for this challenge
i dont see too much in this photo

EDIT: its a well balanced, and exposed photo, i just don't see much in it...

Message edited by author 2004-06-08 00:11:21.
 06/08/2004 01:08:30 AM · #5
Originally posted by laurielblack:
Although it is a lovely shot, this is where I get confused...is that deep DOF? The tree in the foreground is in focus, and the ones in the BG are softer. If that's what it is supposed to be, then no wonder I'm at a 4.50 right now! :o)


No wonder,maybe change of monitor will help :-)

I can shave on the focus on back trees !
 06/08/2004 01:42:42 AM · #6
Fog tends to make things look softer so I think this would have suffered from voters thinking the trees in the background had a softer focus than the one in the foreground without realizing that that is probably due to the fog.

Aside from that, the foreground tree is a little bit too central for me making the image feel a little out of balance.
 06/08/2004 06:26:52 PM · #7
I'm still a n00b, but is it possible to achieve such a "deep" DOF shooting at F2.8? Why not a (much) smaller aperture?
 06/08/2004 06:44:08 PM · #8
Originally posted by Bran-O-Rama:
I'm still a n00b, but is it possible to achieve such a "deep" DOF shooting at F2.8? Why not a (much) smaller aperture?


Bran, f2.8 is almost wide open on most lenses. This will naturally give you a shallow dof, ie where only a limited depth of the scene is in focus.

In order to get deep dof you need to be using f11 and up, maybe as small as f32.
 06/08/2004 07:28:15 PM · #9
VERY GOOD COMPOSITION. WELL ballanced.
IT IS a well VISIBLE BACKGROUND TOO; TREES AND THE GRASS . I WOULD GIVE a 9 OR 10

YES HERE THE GOOD MONITOR IS NECESSARY.

IT IS PLEASANT TO ME
06/08/2004 07:31:16 PM · #10
Originally posted by oksamit:



YES HERE THE GOOD MONITOR IS NECESSARY.


I about died the first time I saw one of my submissions on a CRT monitor!!!!!! Totally different than at home. Much darker. Anyone else see a general result between LCD/plasmas and CRT's?
 06/08/2004 07:33:19 PM · #11
Lot of people confuse Gaussian blur with out of focus or shallow DOF.
I use 5-6 % Gausian blur at 22 % Opacity on all my Non Open Challenge photos.
That gives me softness and pleasure to look at it and does not kill all the sharpness I stil want to preserve.
 06/08/2004 07:36:34 PM · #12
Originally posted by pitsaman:
Lot of people confuse Gaussian blur with out of focus or shallow DOF.
I use 5-6 % Gausian blur at 22 % Opacity on all my Non Open Challenge photos.
That gives me softness and pleasure to look at it and does not kill all the sharpness I stil want to preserve.


Keep the tips coming for us newbies to all this! I love the effect you achieved on this. Thank you!
 06/09/2004 07:26:30 PM · #13
Now is PRINT available :-)
 06/09/2004 07:34:22 PM · #14
The image itself is above average but, as others have noted, the fog softens the background and therefore makes deep DOF tough to show. For those that commented on the aperture, I think Kosta was just listing the lens he used. That doesn't necessariliy mean he SHOT it at f/2.8.
 06/09/2004 07:41:06 PM · #15
Originally posted by scalvert:
The image itself is above average but, as others have noted, the fog softens the background and therefore makes deep DOF tough to show. For those that commented on the aperture, I think Kosta was just listing the lens he used. That doesn't necessariliy mean he SHOT it at f/2.8.


You are right,Fog does make it softer, and aperture is F 6.3 on this one .
 06/09/2004 08:01:47 PM · #16
Since the background trees are in focus (softening by fog or haze is not the same as lack of focus) I would say this qualifies for deep DOF. I think it is a lovely image which evokes a very peaceful mood and I would have scored it pretty high.

Message edited by author 2004-06-09 20:02:34.
 06/09/2004 09:19:26 PM · #17
Originally posted by oksamit:
VERY GOOD COMPOSITION. WELL ballanced.
IT IS a well VISIBLE BACKGROUND TOO; TREES AND THE GRASS . I WOULD GIVE a 9 OR 10

IT IS PLEASANT TO ME


I agree! this is aa great picture! I wouldn't change a thing. :)
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