Thanks! I should mentioned that this shot is made up of 6 images all shot wide open at f/1.8. The shots were stitched together in photoshop to make the result you see here.
To get this kind of effect in a single frame you would need an f/1.2 or f/1.0 lens, or a large format camera!
Thanks for explaining. I should have noticed by the perspective that this was an unusually shallow DoF already. This is an effective alternative to a wide angle tilt-shift.
Yeah, this technique is the only way to get a shallower depth of field with a 35mm platform.
My problem with a tilt and shift lens is that it doesn't actually create depth of field. It ignores the visual planes, just blurring everything in the selected area no matter how deep it sits in the image. The blur is genuine, and very pretty if used right, but it's also indiscriminate. Of course, that's not what it was designed to do in the first place.
dunno why. but this reminds me of some kind of japanese garden, shown in some movies :D
maybe it's just the kind and the arrangement of the trees + fallen leaves.. whatever
Comments
David H-W
What a smashing autumnal shot - just lovi'n that contrast!
2009-11-01
Frida
Love this shot, as David says the contrast is great.
2009-11-01
remy Choquet
very nice B&W here!
2009-11-01
minimodi
great shot. though its alot of things happening in the picture it looks clean. maby its the b&w or the dof, dunno but its beautiful!
2009-11-01
zambrean
Beautiful B&W. Reminds me the winter days.. or spring..
Very beautiful!
2009-11-01
johnny
Miles, I wonder how this would have looked with a shallower DoF.
2009-11-01
Miles
Thanks! I should mentioned that this shot is made up of 6 images all shot wide open at f/1.8. The shots were stitched together in photoshop to make the result you see here.
To get this kind of effect in a single frame you would need an f/1.2 or f/1.0 lens, or a large format camera!
2009-11-01
beyond bluestockings
aesthetic delight!
2009-11-01
Donna
Interesting that you were able to take 6 shots and make this. Very creative!
2009-11-02
johnny
Thanks for explaining. I should have noticed by the perspective that this was an unusually shallow DoF already. This is an effective alternative to a wide angle tilt-shift.
2009-11-02
Miles
Yeah, this technique is the only way to get a shallower depth of field with a 35mm platform.
My problem with a tilt and shift lens is that it doesn't actually create depth of field. It ignores the visual planes, just blurring everything in the selected area no matter how deep it sits in the image. The blur is genuine, and very pretty if used right, but it's also indiscriminate. Of course, that's not what it was designed to do in the first place.
2009-11-02
laanba
Trees are always such a beautiful subject as demonstrated here. Would love to just walk through this image hearing the crunch of leaves under my feet.
2009-11-04
Raul
wonderful black and white, is made in infrared?
greetings
2009-11-12
Lisa
Love the shot and the fact that it's black and white. Nice!
2009-11-17
martin_d
dunno why. but this reminds me of some kind of japanese garden, shown in some movies :D
maybe it's just the kind and the arrangement of the trees + fallen leaves.. whatever
2009-11-28
r-dean
love the graphic quality of this.
2010-03-13