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Other than that, shallow DOF makes it harder to fit into the perspective challenge. It can be used to reduce the effect of the bacground and augment the foreground object. Your object is a fork, viewed from the side (the least interesting aspect of a fork), and the blurred remote area fights for attention with the boring fork, and does not provide the viewer with enjoyment.