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Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 10/10/2004 04:37:10 AM · #1
With the large amount of macro shots in this challenge I have found that many of them are spoiled by a lack of depth of field. I thought that most people knew that DOF is very shallow with this subject and use of a\the smallest F/stop is needed.Or am I being picky? in marking down for this.
Sony Ericsson W810i
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Pentax
 10/10/2004 04:42:52 AM · #2
Originally posted by kiwinick:
With the large amount of macro shots in this challenge I have found that many of them are spoiled by a lack of depth of field. I thought that most people knew that DOF is very shallow with this subject and use of a\the smallest F/stop is needed.Or am I being picky? in marking down for this.


Depends on the shot.. sometimes a shallow depth of field really enhances an image if you're trying to to focus a viewer on a certain area of the subject. You have to vote how you feel, of course, but voting down simply for a *lack* of DOF and for no other reason is a little silly. You don't always *want* to use the smallest aperature.


Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 10/10/2004 04:48:22 AM · #3
I appreciate that and have taken it on board but out of focus areas in front of the main area seem to distract my eye from the image itself
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/10/2004 07:18:19 AM · #4
Being picky :)

Originally posted by kiwinick:
With the large amount of macro shots in this challenge I have found that many of them are spoiled by a lack of depth of field. I thought that most people knew that DOF is very shallow with this subject and use of a\the smallest F/stop is needed.Or am I being picky? in marking down for this.

Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM
 10/10/2004 08:20:28 AM · #5
Originally posted by kiwinick:
I appreciate that and have taken it on board but out of focus areas in front of the main area seem to distract my eye from the image itself


Out of focus objects in the foreground don't always work, but they can so it depends on the image whether the OOF foreground is a distraction or just a means of leading the viewer to the emphasized section of the image.

If the OOF forground distracts then the image (in the viewers mind) is not a success. As a suggestion, in these cases maybe try to see what the photographer was trying to emphasize, and if there is enough in the image maybe suggest a different location for the in focus part of the image.

Just my thoughts.
Canon EOS-20D
 10/10/2004 09:32:12 PM · #6
I think that a shallow dof can work well, or not.
If the dof in a shot works then it's right, if it doesn't work, then it's not right.
I don't think that you can say it should always be one way or another.
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