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Challenge: Shallow DOF III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Pentax SMC-M 100mm f/4.0 Macro
Location: My Backyard
Date: Jan 27, 2007
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Macro, Water
Date Uploaded: Jan 28, 2007

 Handheld manual focus with my 30-year-old 100mm f/4 macro lens. I was playing around with the lens in my backyard taking some practice shots for this challenge to see how the lens and metering would work with my DSLR, and ended up deciding to go with this practice shot for the challenge.

Big crop (original image had 3 water droplets on it), flipped, levels, resized.
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Post-challenge: Thanks for the nice comments. This is the original:



This is the first time I used a mega-crop like this and, in retrospect, I might have been better off going with an uncropped version ...

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/06/2007 10:27:10 PM
what a creative and wonderful image. just saw something similar in a magazine but i like yours better.
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 02/06/2007 02:31:27 PM
The background and the left droplet has good DOF however I have never been a fan of the foreground being OOF. Others might think differently though. 6 for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/04/2007 07:33:39 PM
This is a very interesting shot. The focus is maybe slightly ahead of the second water drop and it's a little spoiler. It would have worked so much better for me if the second drop and it's reflection was in perfect focus. Good anyway.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/01/2007 10:11:23 PM
Good job getting the image in the left droplet fairly sharp. The left edge though is a bit soft. A slightly deeper DOF I think would help there. Also, putting the branch on a diagonal rather than straight across would make the image more dynamic.
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 01/31/2007 09:01:51 AM
i like how the front drop is about to fall, but it's blurred anyway.. nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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