ASSIGNMENT II - Depth Of Field

kjt

Howdy folks,
Sorry for the delay in starting this but I've been trés biz-ay!
Carrying on from the last assignment.

The Rules

• Photo's are to be related to the given task.
• Photo's must be taken within the week given.
• Multiple posts/photo's allowed for the assignment.
• Next task/subject to be choosen by person who has the most thanks after their post (must include a picture in the post :P).
• No negative feedback allowed! Constructive comments are allowed.
• Choosen subject/task has to have relevance towards the learning process
• And the most important one: Enjoy yourself whilst you're at it, don't be afraid of showing your photos and hopefully get some wonderful results!!!

The Assignment - DEPTH OF FIELD
What is DOF?

• In optics, particularly as it relates to film and photography, the depth of field (DOF) is the portion of a scene that appears sharp in the image
• In photography, the distance in front of and behind the subject that appears to be in focus
• A short distance along the optical axis throughout which the specimen can be seen with sufficient clarity.
• The regions in front of and behind the focused distance where the image remains in focus. With a greater the depth of field, more of the scene near to far is in focus. Lens aperture and scene lighting will greatly influence the DOF
• The distance between a minimum and maximum plane in which a reader can read symbols of a specific dimension.
• A measure of how much, and what depth, of the image is in focus.

Helpful links Depth Of Field-WiKi & Apeture-WiKi.


This weeks assignment will run from Friday 13/02/09 - Thursday 19/02/09(Thursday, so the winner can let everyone know the next assignment before the weekend/on Friday)



Have fun and go Crazy

Covey

I'm lost!.

Every photo (well almost) has Depth of Field.

T.

Crispin

Covey wrote: »

I'm lost!.

Every photo (well almost) has Depth of Field.

T.

You're right but I think the assignments are just meant to give people a change to play around with things like DOF. whether they try to maximize it or minimize it. It seems quite open to interpretation. I would be more inclined to minimize DOF for this assignment though.

ThOnda

I would not limit the assignment to the minimal DoF - it is also question of hardware you have. I'd love to see some landscapes at F32 or F64.
Playing with OOF object placement, bookeh colourful splashes... ;-)
Photography has only few creative tools, but the DoF is the main one (for me). Let's keep it as much vague as possible. Just my opinion.

kjt

ThOnda wrote: »

Playing with OOF object placement, bookeh colourful splashes... ;-)
Photography has only few creative tools, but the DoF is the main one (for me).

This is sort of what I was going for. You could try to convey and push the dof in your picture. For example:







I'm not trying to limit it to these exact type of shots but that's sort of what I had in mind. The likes of a landscape shot but instead of having a perfect landscape shot, get a signpost perfectly in focus while the mountains being a slight blur in the background.

Another tutorial here.

Hope that helps to clarify.....

elven

*listens to the sounds of an army of nifty-fifties being clunk-clicked onto camera bodies*

sNarah

Well, since I did started this lot... I shall contribute!

First try today - shamlesly stolen from one of the examples and also including my little donkey...

Will try some outdoorsy ones during the weekend....

mrboswell

I know the rules say that photos should be taken in the given week but surely as its a learning experience shouldn't we be able to submit images taken in the past?

Just seems that way to me (and particularly as I'm out sick with a sore neck and can't take any photos this week... I'd still like to take part)

Colm

Nisio

challengemaster

mrboswell wrote: »

I know the rules say that photos should be taken in the given week but surely as its a learning experience shouldn't we be able to submit images taken in the past?

Just seems that way to me (and particularly as I'm out sick with a sore neck and can't take any photos this week... I'd still like to take part)

Colm

Out sick is the perfect chance to take photos... Especially one about shallow dof! Can be just about any object...

*Dallas

i hope this fits the breif... nooommm

mrboswell

challengemaster wrote: »

Out sick is the perfect chance to take photos... Especially one about shallow dof! Can be just about any object...

It would be if I could hold the camera to my face....

Is there no leeway on it??;)

Covey

mrboswell wrote: »

Is there no leeway on it??;)

Isn't there always a dispensation for the manflu :P

mrboswell

Mocking is catching....

Beware of the dreaded manflu...

brain erection

hope this is ok :cool:...

Dragan

elven wrote: »

*listens to the sounds of an army of nifty-fifties being clunk-clicked onto camera bodies*

I don't think mine has been taken off yet.

galwayniamh

ok I've no idea how to put a THANKS on these posts. any ideas?

kjt

There's a button down the right of each post, beside the 'quote' button. I don't think you can thank people till you have 10 or 20 posts.

Doesn't look like this assignment took off very well :S

Nisio - you are this weeks winner! Your turn now

The_Joker

Here's a try

The_Joker

ThOnda

One from the weekend independently from this Assignment: