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Postby Potatis on Thu May 25, 2006 9:14 am

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Postby admajic on Thu May 25, 2006 9:49 am

Good use of light. I like the shadows that go around the cup. 1 Neg, I think the DOF is too shallow, making only the cup handle in focus.
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Postby Potatis on Thu May 25, 2006 10:00 am

Thanks for your comment admajic. :)

I found your comment about the DOF interesting. I took this photo with my 50mm lens and at f/16, which is the limit for this lens. Oh well. :)
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Postby greencardigan on Thu May 25, 2006 10:22 am

Yep. It's a cup.

Doesn't appeal to me much though.
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Postby radar on Thu May 25, 2006 10:23 am

Hi Doug,

in regards to DOF, more to do as to how close you were to the cup, see:
http://www.dofmaster.com/doftable.html

You will see that a 50mm at f/16 on a D70s at a focus distance of 50cm, the DOF in about 5cm, so pretty shallow, gets more shallow as you get closer.

As for your cup, it still comes out nice and clean,

cheers,

André
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. Ansel Adams

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Postby Potatis on Thu May 25, 2006 10:33 am

Thanks Radar. :) I was close because I wanted to fill the frame, and as you know the 50mm has a fixed focal length. For more DOF, I should have used a different lens. I quite like the DOF in this image, but I am interested in differing opinions, and I certainly take them on board.
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