I made a quick stop at the farmers' market this morning and limited myself to a 50mm lens and an aperture of f/1.8. Shallow depth of field is great, but it can often bite me in the butt. I see some of the photos later and think, maybe I should have stopped down to f/3.5 for just a hair more in focus . . . But I'm loving the way the tomatoes blurred out yet kept their little soft shapes in the background. ©Carol Leigh
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Love the dropoff of focus! The sharp parts are more than I would expect, with such a 3D subject, although shorter focal lengths give more depth of field. Is this the new Canon 50mm that everyone is raving about?
Diane, the lens I'm using is the Canon f/1.8 and I've had it for maybe a year or two (cost $79 at the time). I think the one photographers are swooning over is the $370 f/1.4 lens. I THINK; I could be wrong. I bought this one specifically for the shallow DOF and because it was relatively cheap. In a pinch I can put an extension tube on it for close-up work and it's still fast enough to hand-hold.
I've not used it to best advantage, but where it did look pretty cool was in this shot http://carolleighdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/botanical-study.html with all the out-of-focus water droplets.
Oh, man, why do you ask me such things? Because NOW I just got an idea for something ELSE to shoot! If it works, I'll post it.
Thanks (I think!) for stopping by. -- Carol Leigh (who really should be working on critiques in her online class, but who is easily distracted)
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