Photo Assignment October '07: Depth of Field

[ukcatfan]

The DW surprised us with this thing this afternoon!!! Perfect to show a shallow DOF

* Camera model: PENTAX K100D
* Date/Time: 2007:10:04 20:56:11
* Resolution: 800 x 532
* Flash used: No
* Focal length: 50.0mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
* Exposure time: 0.050 s (1/20)
* Aperture: f/2.0
* ISO equiv.: 200
* Whitebalance: Auto
* Exposure: Manual
* Exposure Mode: Auto bracketing

We literally have a zoo now I think. This makes the fourth cat (first female though) and we also have a dog, a rabbit, and a snake.

Kevin

 

[Pea-n-Me]

What a beautiful kitten, Kevin. I love her colors and the colors in the picture. I think she's a "money cat", isn't she? Maybe she'll bring you luck!

 

[ukcatfan]

What a beautiful kitten, Kevin. I love her colors and the colors in the picture. I think she's a "money cat", isn't she? Maybe she'll bring you luck!

Thank you. The background colors are actually a Mickey Mouse pillowcase! It just shows how a shallow DOF can turn a distracting background into an interesting one.

Kevin

 

[JediTim]

Here is another thing that shallow DOF will let you do. This was shot though a chain link fence at f/2.8. It makes the subject a little softer, but you can not see the fence I was shooting through.

What an excellent shot. The shallow DOF also give movement to the ball to show action...Excellent.
Tim

 

[AshleyMWC]

Here are a couple I found. I am planning on taking a photography practice trip to the local zoo tomorrow, so maybe I will have some more this weekend to share

 

[dcg0317]

Here's a few I shot today.

ISO:1000
85 mm @ f/6.3
1/100s
AV mode (aperture priority)
AWB

ISO:1000
85mm @ f/3.5
1/250s
AV mode (aperture priority)
AWB

ISO: 400
300mm @ f/4
1/400s
AV mode (aperture priority)
AWB

 

[milliepie]

I love to take pictures even though I'm not good at it and my camera isn't the greatest, but I got this by accident and I don't know how. Can someone explain to me how to do this every time I want to. I have gotten a new camera since then, but it's not super awesome like most of you have, but I can set ISO and exposure times on my new one and a few other settings I'm not sure of. If I could get my pics even just a tiny bit better I would be thrilled. Thanks.

 

[cpbjgc]

As an excuse to have dim sum for lunch, I went to the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural Centre to take a few pictures in the gardens for the DOF assignment. Its a cloudy day today and I shot all of these at 200 ISO.

In this shot I wanted a shallow depth of field with blurring in both the foreground and the background.

Focal length: 70.0mm
Exposure time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO equiv.: 200
Whitebalance: Manual
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

Another shallow DOF with blurring in background

Focal length: 70.0mm
Exposure time: 0.0020 s (1/500)
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO equiv.: 200
Whitebalance: Manual
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

Finally, a deep field with everything in focus throughout

Focal length: 17.0mm
Exposure time: 0.0012 s (1/800)
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO equiv.: 200
Whitebalance: Manual
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

 

[LMarge]

I try to get about 5 ft from the fence, and put the focus point on the very center, so if I move, sometimes it will focus on the fence, and I have to move around a bit. I usually do this in av mode.

I am really not familiar enough with the sX line to say more, I have only played around with an S3 for about 30 minutes one time.

Thank you for the tips! Perhaps I was to far away from the fence with my attempts. I'll have to try next spring, again! Got any good basketball tips? That's next up on the agenda - followed by the gymnastic competition season!!!

 

[Master Mason]

the thing I always had the most trouble with in Basket ball was White balance, most gyms have terrible lights, everything comes out with a really yellowish hugh, so set a good custom WB to start with.

other than that, make sure you shutter speed stays fast enought to freeze the action.

 

[tinkerbelt]

Loving these photos - I really need to get out with my camera!

 

[Suburbanmom]

I went to a local metro park yesterday with my son's fifth grade class on a field trip. I got there 45 minutes early, as I knew this would be a good place to practice this assignment. Here are 4 of my photos. The first 2 are studies of deep depth of field and the 2nd are shallow.

Nikon D50; ISO 200; 1/13; f/22; Lens 18-55mm at 34.0 focal length

Nikon D50; ISO 200; 1/13; f/22; Lens 18-55mm at 19.0 focal length

Nikon D50; ISO 200; 1/200; f/5.6; Lens 18-55mm at 55.0 focal length

Nikon D50; ISO 200; 1/40; f/5.6; Lens 18-55mm at 55.0 focal length

 

[rtphokie]

Port Orleans French Quarter

The little brass statues in the MK hub

 

[Caitsmama]

Here is my DOF shot, I don't have a clue as to settings yet.. i am just using my Sony DSC-H5 for these, on portrait setting, i think it came out ok though..

 

[mikamah]

Here's my try at shallow and deep depth of field.

Canon xti, 28-135 lens at 135, f5.6, 1/800, iso 200

xti at 135, f22, 1/50, iso 200.

 

[Miller1412]

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Goodies at a party. Yum.

 

[dcg0317]

The last of the wild sunflowers, shot looking up towards blue sky and clouds thru tree branches with polarizing filter.

Canon 40d, AWB, ISO 160, 85 mm, @ f/4.0, 1/1600s, aperture priority

 

[Jeanne B]

I took this during our stay in Boston last weekend. It looks like a statue but the guy was real, it was pretty amazing to watch him move.

Pentax K100 w/ Tamron 18-250 lens, f/5.6, 1/60, ISO 200, AWB

 

[Master Mason]

I liked how this one turned out

 

[Renysmom]

Here ismy go at it, taken at a local state park last weekend. Comments welcome, its how I can learn

Oly 330, 108 mm, 1/400 at F/4.2, ISO 100, no flash