Depth of photography

By Corinne Perkins
May 21, 2009
depth of field | photography | user-generated content | Your View

Though vastly different in subject matter, the two photos above use depth of field to bring the details into focus while leaving the background slightly soft.

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Jun 30, 2009
10:34 pm UTC

That’s awesome pics! Great use of depth of field.

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Jul 11, 2009
10:23 am UTC

The term commonly seen in all photography jargon DOF
First I too used to wonder what DOF was till someone explained it to me.
By the way the first photograph dipicts it clearly.

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