Welcome to January 2013 Photography Forum Challenge.

• Depth of field increases with f-number. This means that photographs taken with a low f-number will tend to have subjects at one distance in focus, with the rest of the image (nearer and farther elements) out of focus.*

 

Have fun!

 

Two images per member per week.

 Image size: No larger than:

800pixels X 600pixels

and 200KB

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This could be fun since I now have a 50 mm f 1.4 with very low mileage on it!

Wayne

Fantastic challenge Clive! Love it...

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Great idea Clive.

I will see what i can come up with.

God Bless.

I love this as a challenge idea!  It's going to be a busy month here, but I'm hoping to get in a little photography time.  This challenge should be just about the right speed!  :D

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Here's a wide aperture for ya! f 2.8. Princes Pier Melbourne Australia.

Quote - Here's a wide aperture for ya! f 2.8. Princes Pier Melbourne Australia.

Good start Andrew.

Outstanding capture and upload to kick of the challenge.

God Bless.

Thanks Christo.

Another wide aperture! (f 2.8) Great idea Clive.

Wing of Vampire jet.

Off to a flying start, Andrew?!

Thanks for for kicking the 'f'-stops away and getting the ball rolling!

Clive

Another stunning capture Andrew.

God Bless.

I did a aetup here at work.

I found a bneverage lid of a glass bottle when walking to the control room.

As you can see in the first setup i put the lid on prestick om a top of a small cubard with natural light coming from one side through windows of the control room. Used a a4 paper as a white reflector. Used my canon 18-55mm lens. Used Manual setting on the camera.

Used the following settings as well.

Aperture - F5.6

Shutter speed - 1/16 seconds.

Iso - 100.

I trust everyone will enjoy this two uploads and that it will pass for this challenge.

God Bless.

My second i did the same setup but facing the subject away from the natural light.

Settings as follow.

Aperture - F5.6

Shutter speed - 1/10 seconds.

Iso - 400

I also made use of a +1 close up filter as well as a piece of wite paper reflecting light on the subject.

No cropping on both the uploads.

Just resizes both the allowed sizes for the challenge.

God Bless.

Andrew an Christo - excellent start to both of you!

I love that we share the f-stop detail etc. This way everyone can learn!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Quote - Andrew an Christo - excellent start to both of you!

I love that we share the f-stop detail etc. This way everyone can learn!

Thank you Carin.

Always a pleasure sharing the settings.

From the pro photographers i learned that for bird photography one uses a Aperture of F 8.0 to push ones shutter speed just higher then ones maximum lens size. If ones shutter speed is not correct one can still onesAperture from F8 to F4 or whatever ones maximum f stop is on ones lens. One can also adjust ones Iso say 200 400 or higher. one must just be careful of noise but luckily there is free noise reduction editing websites.Glad you enjoyed all the uploads so far.

God Bless.

Here's a picture of my sister and her husband at our New Year celebration.

Shot with Olympus OM-D E-M5 camera and Panasonic 20mm/1.7 lens. No flash used.

Aperture f/1.7

Shutter speed 1/125s

ISO 640

We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ
 

And here's my brother at the same occasion. But with a different lens.

Olympus OM-D E-M5 with Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm/1.8 lens.

Aperture f/2.0

Shutter speed 1/160s

ISO 1600

We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ
 

Great shots, everybody!  This is going to be a fun challenge.  :)

 

I particularly like the shallow dof with portraiture, Geert.  Nice!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Stunning uploads Girsempa.

God Bless.

Just to put my toe in the water...for DOF

Here's the wing tip of a fully operational MiG-29 taken with an aperture value of f/2.8

 

Bill

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

Graet shot Bill.

Welcome to the larger aperture challenge.

God Bless.

Interesting challange.

Superb upload GARAGELAND.

God Bless.

WOW - ALL fantastic examples folks!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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My sons Lego (Monster Fighters)...

"The chase"

F3.2... 2.8 was just too shallow.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

3Dguy just perfect for the challenge.

God Bless.

Just an experiment.

After being attracted by this batch of weeds I had my aperture setting at f/2.8 and focused on a spot in the middle depthwise...hence I wound up with both a blurry foreground and background.

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

Stunning second upload Bill.

God Bless.

Bill and 3DGuy - Fantastic examples!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Oooh, this is one of those educational fun things I like.  I got an idea or two I'm gonna try...so far I've seen some fantastic stuff here!  That's always a good thing!

He/SHE did me a big favour and froze for a few seconds.

Garageland this is a beauty.

Mad about this upload.

God Bless.

Cool shot...

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

I am with Chipka on this..got some stuff to try.  I may take a different approach but totally approptiate.

This is one of my last upload to the Photography gallery.

I think it is suitable for this challenge.

I took this shot of our artificial Christmas tree with my Nikon D90, macro lens, slow shutter speed in the dark when the lights were blinking and focusing on the star of the top of the tree with f=5.6.

M.

Superb capture Myel.

God Bless.

Thanks for all the submisions - I was apprehensive about the 'technical' subject, but it looks like people are enjoying this!  Good to see some 'new' faces too!

Thanks again,

Clive

F3.5

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

Here is my first, on the forest floor in Tokai.

280mm lens, f/5.6.

Clive

Here is a termite on a stalk...

105mm Macro lens, f/4.5

I really like all that I am seening here!  Come one, another two for next week please!

Clive

Dang ... I stopped getting bots on this thread.  Somehow if I look but don't comment every single time I get a bot, they must think I wasn't interested.  It's kind of annoying. 

 

Anyway ... this is from yesterday morning.  One hydrangea bloom still going strong, while the rest were in their winter skeleton mode.  ... f2.8 ...

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Outstanding capture  3dguy.

Superb captures Clive.

Wonderful capture Tara.

Amazing work by everyone.

God Bless.

Here is my two Largest aperture uploads for the challenge that is allowed for the week.

My first Bee's behind.

A[perture  - F4.50

Shutter Speed - 1/200sec

Iso - 400

My second.

A seed of a flower.

Aperture - F4.0

Shutter Soeed - 1/200 sec.

Iso - 400.

Blessed day and weekend.

God Bless.

AWWW!  I havent got bots for ages, it seems, with these many beauuutiful results. I do hope, I next week will have better time for this challenge.  

This is very nice!  I was not in this forum for ages!  It feels so good to be posting again.  So here is my first try. :)

Welcome back, Colene!

Great to see that you are still 'in the swing of things!' - perfect for the challenge this month!

Clive

Welcome the challenge Colene.

A perfect upload for the challenge.

God Bless.

I am not very good at understanding these settings, but here is a humble attempt from me.

This works perfectly, Helle, very sweet!

Hope this one works?  I took this in the Loskop Nature Reserve.  There are crocodiles and other wild animals...

Superb capture Helle and Colene.

God Bless.

HEHE!  Thank you, Clive :)

Great work, everybody!  I'm really enjoying this challenge.  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

A grasshopper in my garden.

45mm f5.6

Gorgeous one :-)

Ok, now for my friend Chip..educational time!  This is f/ 4.0....at 300mm.  The depth of field totally obiliterated the background.

Another excellent example :)

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

This is photo #2, not so great compo but...much more depth of field.

This is f/2.8 but at 11mm.  I was twice as far back for the previous shot just to get it in focus!

 

Hummm..focal length has a lot to do with it and if macro,  the depth of working room. Ask anyone doing macro shots like the one with the 105mm macro(Sigma perhaps?).    Sometimes you have less than 1/2 inch to work in and going up to a smaller opening like f/10 doesn't help much at all. You need manual focus for that and pick the focal point.  Using the same lens for a portrait shot will give a nice depth of field for a face and disguised background but you have more working room from front to back and you can auto focus on the eyes if you want to.

 

Now I am confused.

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Playing with some roses...

120mm f/3.5

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

Now that one is a fine example of dof used in a beautiful way, bringing thre eye to the focused rose and giving a soft bg for it's display.

Outstanding work done by one and all.

God Bless.

I'm totally impressed with what everyone has been doing with this challenge!  I've been plinking around the edges with it, but need to go back through my work to see if anything comes close.  (Working with three different cameras this week, making comparisons ... dof has only been part of my ... um ... focus, if you will.)  :P

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Here's a DOF shot employing Canon's newest camera, the EOS 6D that hit the market place last month (December 2012).

[I haven't upgraded yet...just renting for four days]

Stats for the image above:

50mm

f/1.8

1/200

ISO 12,800

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

Superb capture Bill.

God Bless.

Both images shot at f4.0, 1/50th, ISO 800

Focal point on wing

 

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Same settings, focal point on that whatever-it-is-in front.  (Hey ... I only shoot them, I don't actually care about the details!  LOL!)

 

(Same Canon 6D as Bill used.  We haven't exactly been fighting over it, just ... sharing!)  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Superb capture Tara.

God Bless.

SOOO beautifully done, all of you. Unfortunately I have had so little time to join this challenge. I will se what I can do with my new... daylight lamp.

- F-NUMBER : 8.0

UPLOADED TO MY GALLERY IN LARGER SIZE : http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2402977

if you don't get a miracle...you can be one (Nick Vojicik)
als je geen wonder kunt krijgen..... kun je er altijd nog een zijn ! (Nick Vojicik)

and my second one;

F 3.5

Exposure 1/320

if you don't get a miracle...you can be one (Nick Vojicik)
als je geen wonder kunt krijgen..... kun je er altijd nog een zijn ! (Nick Vojicik)

Outstanding two uploads Juliette.

God Bless.

I really like all of the comparisons and details being shared here!

So much creativity too.

Here is my mannequin, Charlie, gazing into his future in a crystal ball.

I used my Sigma 105mm macro lens, shot at night under a ceiling down light, F2.8 and 1/6 sec exposure.

Clive

Clive, I like this shot with excellent use of shallow dof.  I also have that Sigma lens and truly like it. As a macro it gives a touch more working room for living critters and it also does quite well as a portrait lens, as does the Sigma 50mm macfro.

Love the capture Clive.

God Bless.

Here is my two for the week.

My first a piece of a throrn tree.

A capture captured this morning at work.

Aperture - F 4.50

Shutter speed - 1/250 seconds.

Iso - 100

My second seeds of a type of weed.

A picture captured this morning at work.

Aperture - F 4.50

Shutter speed - 1/250

Iso - 100

Blessed Sunday and weekend.

God Bless.

We had sun today, so I took some shots of my moms silver jewelery. Here is the first shot:

Here is the second:

Outstanding captures and uploads Helle.

God Bless.

Stunning photos all!  Love this challenge!

More from my play date with the Canon 6D, this time with a 50mm fixed lens.

f1.8

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Another at f1.8.

 

 

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Superb uploads Tara.

God Bless.

A very interesting challenge! :-)

The images are splendid! Congratulations to you all! :-)

This is my first image... f 2.6.

Have a great time! :-)

 

My second... f 2.7  :-)

 

Superb uploads Maria.

God Bless.

Great to see you all enjoying the challenge this month - I am still planning my next one!

It's a great challenge, Clive.  Thanks!  I'm enjoying thinking about depth of field and getting pictures for the challenge, and seeing everybody's images is marvellous!  We're a great group, aren't we?  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Thank you for the challenge Clive.

I am enjoying it tremenbdously.

God Bless.

Here I got the aperture set to f/1.7 to get the blur on the highlights in the background. Not too happy with the image overall, but I got the effect that I was looking for... more or less ;o)

Olympus E-M5 with 20mm Panasonic pancake lens.

We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ
 

I like this very much, Geert.  Lately I've been giving some thought to this sort of portraiture ... this is inspiring!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Outstanding photography Geert.

God Bless.

Thanks for starting off the new week, Geert.  The bokeh of lights in the background is always special to see.

Here is one I took this weekend using my f/2 LensBaby.

Have a good week,

Clive

Stunning capture and upload Clive.

God Bless.

Canon SX40hs, f4.5

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Same camera, same f-stop

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Outstanding uploads Tara.

God Bless.

Hi!

Here is one made with my little Canon Ixus 980 IS and  f/ 2.8

I have enjoyed every one I have seen in here, but had too little time to say anything. 

Helle

Superb capture Helle.

God Bless.

I really like that shot, Helle, it works perfectly.  You can tell where the subject is used.

Clive

Here is Brady's new ball.

I have to keep him occupied otherwise he chews odd things - like my laptop charger cable!  Thankfully, for his sake, it was not the mains side of it!

Still 4 days to add you next two shots!

Clive

PS: f/2.8 on a 105mm lens

Lol i think i missed my two uploads for last week.

So here is my two for this week.

My first is of Two ready mixed  muffin mixes which i bought for my daughters birthday and this is the end result after i baked them in the oven myself. They are all finished already as they were ate ober the weekend on my youngest daughters birthday on the 19th of January 2013.The muffin on the left is strawberry flaovor and the one to the right double chock flavor.

Aperture - F4.50.

Shutter speed - 1/60 seconds.

Iso - 400.

God Bless.

My second is of a Banana Bread and the recipe i found on the internet and it came out perfectly after i baked it in the oven myself.

Aperture- F5.0

Shutter speed - 1/20 seconds.

Iso - 400.

Blessed day and week.

God Bless.

Quote - Here is Brady's new ball.

I have to keep him occupied otherwise he chews odd things - like my laptop charger cable!  Thankfully, for his sake, it was not the mains side of it!

Still 4 days to add you next two shots!

Clive

PS: f/2.8 on a 105mm lens

Superb capture Clive.

God Bless.

OH How wonderful shots, friends.

I really enjoy them, even though I havent been much of a supporter the past weeks. 

Awesome monocrome, lovely flowers, delightful twigs and happy toy, delicious bread and brownies. Not to mantion your super camera settings. :)

I am loking forward to see the next coming. Hope to post a bit this week.

Great stuff, everybody!  I'm really enjoying this challenge. 

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Here is another.... not very artistic, but ;-)  f/2.8, ISO 800-  Canon IXUS980 lS

Outstanding upload Helle.

God Bless.

Okay, now I am the one not getting ebots!

Super, Helle!  That reminds me I must still do one more before Friday!

Just watching some TV tonight...

f/5.6.

Clive

Hey that was a great idea :D   Excellent.

Superb capture and upload Clive.

God Bless.

Attached Link: Forum Challenge - Feb 2013 - "People"

Thanks for all of the fun this month.  Try the challenge for next month:

People

Thank you too. This challenge gave alot of interesting and beautiful photos :)

Helle