"Cheating" this way can just as easily be done with scanned negatives.
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 13. april 2004 18:25 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Zone Focus - what is it? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In a message dated 4/13/2004 6:05:41 AM Pacific Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Just to point out, Marnie, it's fairly easy (with a DSLR) to "cheat" and >get extended DoF. Using a tripod, take a picture with focus at infinity >and then another with the closer object in focus. These can then be >combined in Photoshop. It's a way around those pesky laws of optics >that control DoF. It's also a way to use a lenses best aperture >(resolution) as opposed to those high f stops with great DoF but lower >res. >--------------- >Hey, hey! It's also easy to "cheat" and get reduced DOF, or at least a reasonable simulation thereof. I've noticed a lot of advertising photography with very minimal depth of field lately and many shots I've suspected of being Photoshopped with additional blur to make the DOF seem smaller than what the photographer actually obtained when taking the photo. It seems to be a very fashionable "look" these days, though I can't say I care for most of the examples I've seen. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
