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brettcoon  > Photography > DoF Experiments
Some pictures to settle a debate on shallow DoF and how effectively it can obscure background details.
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brettcoon > The light is about 15 inches tall.  The glass part is 6 inches tall.
brettcoon > This framing has an FOV of about 17 inches vertically, yet the background details are still obvious.
brettcoon > Here the vertical FOV is around 10 inches.  The background is significantly blurred, but you can still clearly see the light and dark bands from the brick.
brettcoon > Now the background is "blown away", but we've got less than 6 inches of vertical FOV.
brettcoon > Similar tight framing with a more contrasty background shows that we still have to be careful.
brettcoon > DoF Experiments photo
brettcoon > Tight portrait framing, yet DoF is still sufficient to make background details distracting.
brettcoon > DoF Experiments photo
brettcoon > A framing that might be able to fit Ethan, moved up to see what this does to the background.  Details are fairly clear.
The light is about 15 inches tall. The glass part is 6 inches tall.
 > The light is about 15 inches tall.  The glass part is 6 inches tall.
The light is about 15 inches tall. The glass part is 6 inches tall.
Camera: Nikon Corporation (Nikon D200) |
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Original size: 3898px x 2613px |
Current: 400px x 268px |
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