Re: OT: Depth of Field

2002-10-17 Thread MPozzi
Hi, I tend to choose a DOF that just begins to distinguish what the backgroung is, espocially is I am taking a portrait, and especially if the person is in a surrounding that adds to that person. I do this because having the background too much out of focus ends up creating a 'netral backdrop'

Re: OT: Depth of Field

2002-10-16 Thread Kevin Waterson
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 19:23:55 +1300 David A. Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve Desjardins wrote: How do you think about DOF in the artistic sense and how does that manifest itself in you photography? I like shallow DOF. Especially in my macros. It helps to isolate my subject and

Re: OT: Depth of Field

2002-10-16 Thread P Temmerman
Steve wrote: How do you think about DOF in the artistic sense and how does that manifest itself in you photography? Lately I've been playing around with close-up / macro with the lens wide open for minimum DOF, trying to render the recognizable unrecognizable. I like using a reversal with

OT: Depth of Field

2002-10-15 Thread Steve Desjardins
This is a techniques/opinions/experiences thread . . . I was always a big fan of telephotos, it has been a real change to use my new Pentax 20-35 zoom. In particular, I'm learning whole new ways to think about depth of field. With this in mind, the big question is: How do you think about DOF

Re: OT: Depth of Field

2002-10-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Steve, As a rule of thumb, I like to vary the DOF to emphasize the subject at hand. That generally means fairly narrow DOF when the subject is a single, main object and fairly wide DOF when the subject is a collection of objects (landscapes come to mind). A simple technique I use that really

Re: OT: Depth of Field

2002-10-15 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, f/8 or be square! --- Bob Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 4:27:52 PM, you wrote: This is a techniques/opinions/experiences thread . . . I was always a big fan of telephotos, it has been a real change to use my new Pentax 20-35 zoom. In particular, I'm learning whole new ways to think

Re: OT: Depth of Field

2002-10-15 Thread Norm Baugher
wide open when I can... Bob Walkden wrote: Hi, f/8 or be square! ---

Re: OT: Depth of Field

2002-10-15 Thread David A. Mann
Steve Desjardins wrote: How do you think about DOF in the artistic sense and how does that manifest itself in you photography? I like shallow DOF. Especially in my macros. It helps to isolate my subject and give a quasi-3rd dimension to my pictures. Except most of my landscapes where I