{"id":888,"date":"2017-12-08T14:47:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T14:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotographyblog.wordpress.com\/?p=888"},"modified":"2018-01-12T21:53:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T21:53:23","slug":"part-2-lens-work-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/part-2-imaginative-spaces\/part-2-lens-work-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 2 – Lens Work – thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

My thoughts about deep and shallow depths of field:<\/p>\n

here are some of my own images which demonstrate use of different depths of field.<\/p>\n

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Long Furlong, April 2017<\/p><\/div>\n

24mm f\/22, 1\/100 sec, ISO100 – came across this view whilst driving between Rustington and Findon.  Reminded me of the Windows default screen and stopped to take this photo. I agree that the small f stop and wide angle do work well for this kind of landscape. However, the notion that by having everything in focus, the view can choose where to look and focus within the scene seems a little mute!  Afterall, as the photographer, haven’t we already chosen where we want our views to look.  In most cases we will have edited the image as well, thereby, enhancing the characteristics we want to promote.  Admittedly, one does have the option to roam around with the image and look at different elements within it. Perhaps that what Bazin means:<\/p>\n

(Bazin (1948) quoted in Thompson & Bordwell, 2007)<\/em><\/p>\n

I think that possibly, I like directing the viewers eyes to what I think is important, because it’s probably why I took the photo in the first place.<\/p>\n

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Poppies, Brighton, June 2017<\/p><\/div>\n

These other photos are more my normal style, using a shallower depth of field, or in the case of the woodpecker, the use of the zoom lens, because the subject is not close, which almost forces the background to be out of focus.<\/p>\n

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Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Millers Wood, April 2017<\/p><\/div>\n

In this autumn leaves photograph I wanted to focus in on the leaves, but I love the colour contrasts between the leaves and the background and with the very shallow depth of field it gives a very abstract look<\/p>\n

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Autumn Leaves, Hotham Park, November 2016<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My thoughts about deep and shallow depths of field: here are some of my own images which demonstrate use of different depths of field. 24mm f\/22, 1\/100 sec, ISO100 – came across this view whilst driving between Rustington and Findon.  … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,6,17,24,79],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feedback-reflection","category-part-2-imaginative-spaces","category-project-2-lens-work","category-research-and-reflection","category-self-reflection","tag-debra-flynn"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tN7f-ek","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":881,"url":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/part-2-imaginative-spaces\/project-2-lens-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":888,"position":0},"title":"Project 2 – Lens Work","author":"Debra Flynn","date":"7th December 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Research - Photographers and Artists Ansel Adams (1901-1984): Famous for black and white wilderness photos, and membership of\u00a0club f64,\u00a0the name of the group is taken from the smallest setting of a large-format camera diaphragm\u00a0aperture\u00a0that gives particularly good resolution and depth of field. 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