Assignment no. 99: SHALLOW Depth of Field

keps

Assignment Number 99


This challenge is looking for photos with SHALLOW depth of field.

That is the ‘subject’ should be in focus while any foreground/ background should be ‘thrown out of focus’.

Depth of field is generally controlled by:
-The aperture.
-The focal length of the lens.
-The Camera-to-Subject Distance.


Aperture:
Here the lens aperture is stopped down all the way to f2.8 on a zoom lens with the focal length at 50mm.




Long focal length:
This pic was taken with a 300mm lens, at the closest possible ‘in focus’ distance to the subject.




Get out there and start taking photos and remember it is SHALLOW DoF which is required.

The rules:

-Photos must be posted within 2 weeks of the day the task is set– so the closing time/date is noon on January 27th 2013.
-No old photos to be submitted.
-Only photos taken with this task in mind qualify. Therefore, the photo must be taken after noon on January 13th 2013.
-ONE photo per post. But submit as many posts as you like.
-Stretch yourself – there is no limitation to what you can do to produce the image.
-The next task/subject is to be chosen by the person who has the most number of thanks after their post at the closing date/time (the post must include a photo).

Good luck & Enjoy!

Logie-1

liamo

Loki98

dirtyghettokid

may as well throw this in here to start


EF 50mm f/1.4 by jbredrebel, on Flickr

fret_wimp2

You still have your christmas lights up dirtyghettokid! #lazy

;-)

martic

Edited, a slight bit big!!!

dirtyghettokid

fret_wimp2 wrote: »

You still have your christmas lights up dirtyghettokid! #lazy

;-)

i left them up on purpose, because they make me happy #swaggy #happy #photographer #sowhat #omglol

glaswegian

TURKS 032 by glaswegian58, on Flickr

dacogawa

January cherry blossom, crazy weather... :eek:

dacogawa

Had to add this too, January cherry blossom with bee!

zero19

My new Helios 44M, gonna go test it out tomorrow, maybe get a nice photo for this challenge!

Ben D Bus

The 10 Commandments of Wine by BendiBus, on Flickr

dacogawa

zero19 wrote: »

My new Helios 44M, gonna go test it out tomorrow, maybe get a nice photo for this challenge!

Which 44M is that please ? the blades look like the 44-2 & the back looks like the 44-4

zero19

dacogawa wrote: »

Which 44M is that please ? the blades look like the 44-2 & the back looks like the 44-4

It's just 44M, like the one here http://drpf.net/blog.php?n=26

dacogawa

liamo

OldGoat

allthedoyles

flyingsnail

Telchak

salamanca

dacogawa

Deep in the snow on 3 rock (little bit of pareidolia)

Chaptain

I guess this qualifies:

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dirtyghettokid

Chaptain wrote: »

I guess this qualifies:

please put a picture on this post, not a link to your website.

sr_1867

Snowy birthday by sr_1867

Faing

inkedpt

fret_wimp2

Quacking Some Eggs

mikka631

jaansu

DSC_6723-1.jpg by Jacko004, on Flickr

I ran out for Fairy, I hope this'll do.

Mjollnir

My Mother's Garden #1 by tanngrisnir3, on Flickr

jaansu

DSC_6755-1.jpg by Jacko004, on Flickr

TPD

Trying out a new/old Helios 44m4 over the weekend, remembered seeing this thread.

keps

Mjollnir wrote: »

My Mother's Garden #1 by tanngrisnir3, on Flickr

As the host of this 'challenge' I like to express my thanks to you for submitting a photo.

Most of the 'recognised' photographers don't.


I think the 'Challenge' tests every 2 weeks should form a much more important role in the community.

And maybe a bit of debate about the future 'themes' might be helpful.


Keps

jaansu

DSC_6776.jpg by Jacko004, on Flickr

This assignment is fab (I got a 50mm 1.4 lens for Chrimbo)

dirtyghettokid

lebron 9 miami nights by jbredrebel, on Flickr

dirtyghettokid

new fence in the field.. very dreary & depressing.. i'm a hermit!


stake in the ground by jbredrebel, on Flickr

glaswegian

st patricks day 2012 054 by glaswegian58, on Flickr

macannrb

One of my first photo's using a SLR! And only a couple of days ago too

keps

The challenge has concluded – thanks to everyone to took part and who voted.

In an extremely close run contest - dacogawa is declared the winner.

Dacogawa won by the narrowest of margins with 31 ‘thanks’ to Liamo’s 30.

So it’s over to dacogawa for the next challenge.

dacogawa

Thank you Keps, it was a great subject for the assignment! The photos in this challenge were amazing & it'll be a hard assignment to follow...

Thanks to everyone for the votes too especially Liamo as I think he gave me the last vote, that's sportsmanship of the highest order

Are we going to debate on how the Subject is picked from now on or shall I just roll in with something ?

If we're changing the format may I suggest the winner picks 3 subjects & puts a poll up for 24/48 hours where everyone votes on which one they would like. It will slow things down by a day or 2 but it does give the whole forum a chance to be active on the topic choice.

I'll think of something (or 3 things) & post it/them this later tonight. Thanks again everyone

liamo

dacogawa wrote: »

Thanks to everyone for the votes too especially Liamo as I think he gave me the last vote, that's sportsmanship of the highest order

I was one of the later votes but the tie-breaking vote? Sorry. I can't lay claim to that level of sportsmanship.

A good result in the end as the better shot carried the day. Well done !!

dirtyghettokid

i think you should just pick the subject
if people want to choose a subject, they can try and win the challenge lol

keps

I agree - just pick the subject yourself:)

dacogawa

That's democracy in motion! OK, the new challenge is up...