I don't see my tw other DOF entries in the list, so I must have done something wrong. Found something to enter.Sunny Moss Baby Tree Frog I'll try again!

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Dee oh eph, I had a lot of fun with this but just could not get what I wanted.  I'm now aware of the depth of this and will continue to experiment. Here are some of my experiments.

A map of the garment district where I work.  I wanted to get just the "You are Here" in focus, but after numerous attempts, including developing film, I gave up.

Parking meter in front of B&H.  Guess how much it cost to park here on the street.  Any guesses?  Answer is further down the page.

Yellow twisted fluorescent energy saver light bulb.   Say that five times fast.

Here is my favorite dee of eph. (Depth of food).  A pastrami sandwich from the Carnegie deli, ogled last Monday night, which cost $12.75, but was eaten in two subsequent meals.

The meter cost 50 cents per 15 minutes, which is one dollar an hour, credit cards are accepted.  The parking lot behind the meter is something like $15/hour.    I hardly drive into the city, but when I do, I find on free street parking.

My husband and I have just returned from Costa Rica.  I would like to share this picture I took during our walk through the  CAHUITA NATIONAL PARK on the Caribbean Coast.DESCRIPTION_HERE

I woke up this morning with the mid-winter blahs, temp. 22, wind chill 13, humidity 81%. Sigh.....

Felt so down I looked up some of my shots from last spring to brighten me up. This is what I want to see when I look out the window. Tulip Twins Red Tulip

C'mon Spring!

I captured this photo right after I had arrived in Hot Springs Arkansas, it had been raining most of the day and had just stopped when I arrived. The sky was beginning to clear so the light was still somewhat diffused.
This shot was taken without a tripod and using my Concord digital 3.2MP that has a fixed lens 9.0mm f/2.8. I think this one came out nice.
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Hi all,  I recently moved to Caracas, Venezuela.  I expressed my desire to dabble with photography and that I wanted a really good digital slr camera.  After careful research and choosing the camera I desired, my loving husband bought it for me as an early 26th wedding anniversary present, which is today!  These pics were taken on the first day we got the camera.  Using the DOF feature, the Canon Digital Rebel XT proves to be user friendly!  Believe me, if I can use it, it is friendly!  I hope to take many more photos in the future.DESCRIPTION_HERE DESCRIPTION_HERE

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So here are a few shots that are DOF (if I understand it correctly). Hope you enjoy!
 DC Street Scene
Korean War Memorial 1
Korean War Memorial 2
Lincoln Memorial

I'm a competitive sort of person, and I love a good challenge.  Depth of field has given me some motivation to experiment with my camera, learning by trial and error.  These are what I've come up with.

The first is a shot of "he who shall remain nameless".  I thought the light filtering through his mane made it look rather full (as compared to usual), and so I shot it...  head .  He was not impressed.

The others are nature shots, which I thought would fit the bill.  More twigs and berries: dangling , obscure, and  picky.  And at the other end of the DOF range - a neat pic of a pond, with a bit of fog at sunset  twilight.  I'm loving this new hobby of mine!

a friend bought some wheat grass to feed his dogs and he decided to plant it and it is growing rapidly so we timmed it this is the resultDESCRIPTION_HERE DESCRIPTION_HERE DESCRIPTION_HERE DESCRIPTION_HERE

My take on DOF.  Girl with a Stone is fairly self explanatory.  With  Seat 33A, I was trying to get a shot of this woman's profile as she read, but I guess I got busted.  Oh well . . .  

i just got a macro lens and thought i'd share one of my first photos that i took with it!

This is actually a winter sunrise in Iraq.  I do not remember how I shot this only that I just had enough time to go and grab my camera.  The sun rises much faster than we think.

I was going through my pictures from last summer and I came across a few from that I took at a local nature park called Radnor Lake. It is a great place to shoot. I thought these went along with the depth of field challenge.
cones
grass
leaves
I will say that I can't wait till Spring!

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I think that's all my crocuses (croci?) are gonna do; they started to bloom, then we got a heavy frost....I'm afraid it killed them....guess I'll just have to enjoy y'all's.....

Hope you enjoy the pics!

I took this picture the summer of 2005 at the Kenai Beach...the log and the beach contour presented a very interesting picture which I thought would fit the "depth of field" category...Kenai Beach Log

Ok, so one comment wanted to see more. The subject being out of focus just went against the grain. I can understand that, though my artistic senses don't have to agree with it. Let's face it, a camera is made to capture literal reality; it is the artist who plays with that reality and shows the eye a different view of it. In the lily's case, had the subject been in focus and the white balance properly adjusted it would have been just another photo of a lily. Normal is never the goal in my art.

So, here are a few more examples of playing with depth of field.

I liked the road like qualities of this shot: Yellow Brick Road  The flower is a Tansy. They grow in Northern Minnesota and are known to keep mosquitoes away. I liked how the picture was framed with flower heads on both sides of the picture. Focusing on the flower heads in front, you can see the progressive blur of the rest of the flowers as they go off traipsing down the yellow brick road.

[editor's note, by kwsNI] The following photos may be considered NSFW.

This next shot had to be taken with the smallest f-stop available...I think 1.8. Remember, to get good depth of field, you have to consider not only the f-stop, but the distance from the subject. I stepped back far enough to get some foliage in the picture that was close up, and would be blurred. The low f-stop allowed the trees and foliage immediately behind the subject, just about six feet away to start to blur. Mushroom on a tree  You can see that the tree behind her arm is still in focus, and would have drawn attention from the subject had it been directly behind the center of the subject. The tree immediately behind the center of the subject is out of focus, which keeps the eye on the subject.

This next photo is slightly different. I used depth of field to create a "soft focus" on the main subject, yet at the same time work the eye towards the main subject. Eve of the North Woods The foliage up front is definitely out of focus, but the focus gets tighter as you approach the subject. Notice the lines in the picture to the right, created by the primitive path and bushes also point to the subject. Again, with a 1.8 f-stop and a quick shutter (to freeze the subject's movement), I focused on the trees and foliage directly behind the subject. In working with this particular subject matter, because I am an artist and interested in the feeling for the entire picture, I often use a soft focus.

Finally, again, what most would consider the subject, I considered the background. I focused on the flowers, and the model in back is blurred. Daisies I shot three versions of this picture, the second with both the background and foreground in focus, and the third with the background subject in focus and the foreground flowers out of focus. The one posted here is much more artistic, at least in my opinion.

Any one for a DOF cup of coffee?
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there aint nothin' beta!

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I'm trying a few more DOF pics.First two taken thru a hole in a rotting stumpfern dogs Do you think the images thru the hole are too small and distant to attract your notice?
three others unrelated to stump

 finch eating seeds eating different seeds red dragonfly Thanks!