Faking Depth of Field

[raynerj1]

Ummm Steve,

DOF works with both the foreground and background. The attached cross illustrates this very well. The top of the cross is out of focus, the center stones are in sharp focus and botttom of the cross is out of focus. The cross was at a slight angle (about 75 degrees). So the shallow depth of field was captured nicely in this shot.

[steve.ledger]

Yep, that's correct for your example John.

[dduran]

I was on a cigar site and they were talking about cigar screen savors. I thought that this would be a good effect for that. Thanks for the tips.

D

PS, This is not my photo.

[iamtheblues]

Here are those fly chains again.
Even having read about grasshoppers and crickets, I still don’t know which this is.
Grasshoppers are usually green and are diurnal and crickets are usually brown and nocturnal.
The one I’ve got here is brown and diurnal.
Saludos,
Bob.

[iamtheblues]

Here's my favourite again, enlarged.
Saludos,
Bob.

[raynerj1]

PRetty nice Bob, but the feet ruin the effect. The feet are against the chains, and thus should be at least a little blurry. For example, look at the 3 legs in the foreground of the spider. They are all slightly out of focus.

[stygg2003]

He was called Dos (spanish for 2). Sadly, he died last Christmas of kidney failure. He's still very much in out thoughts, though.
Saludos,
Bob.

Sorry to hear that, lost Casper to the same thing, he was 22yrs old. Uploaded pic. of Casper with his mate Nut the squirrel and one of Mags, short for Magnussen, he is really laid back!

Stygg2003

[Nuno]

Great photos Stygg. I always love to see different animals tagging along