Thanks for all the comments. I agree, this merits further play. My next chance will be Monday. Of course, the snow is already gone...
Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 7, 2007, at 6:31 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > > This tree has fascinated me since I first saw it a > few > > months ago. This morning, after the closest thing > > Philly has had to a snowstorm this winter, I took > a > > detour on my walk to work to see what it looked > like. > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5568647 > > > > ist D, DA 16-45, f/4 @ 1/3000, RAW, cropping and > minor > > adjustments in ACR and PE4. > > > > The question is: Why is my DOF so damned good even > at > > f/4? I wanted to blur the background, but it > wouldn't > > cooperate. > > Interesting tree. I don't find this particular photo > of it all that > compelling, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't go > back and work with > it. In various types of light and from different > perspectives, I can > imaging it being mysterious and fascinating. > > Regards the DoF question, there's no technical data > regards focus > distance and focal length you used so it's hard to > respond. Say > you're at 10' distance and FL = 20mm, which looks > likely ... DoF at f/ > 4 for that setting is 19 feet, 3.8' in front and > 15.4' in back. And > in a small, web-resolution rendering, sharpness > falloff in the > distance is going to be subtle. So it's hard to get > much distance > blur at those settings. > > DoFMaster is your friend ... > http://www.dofmaster.com/ > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
