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Sharply Curved
Sharply Curved
bspurgeon


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Abstract, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 4, 2010

Viewed: 892
Comments: 20
Favorites: 1 (view)

 Thanks for all the great comments. This is a crop, so the original plane of the DOF traveled as a diagonal (evision top right to bottom left). So, various pieces of in focus components were cropped out. I don't recall, but I think this was about 1:2 with regards to the macro, so at f/2.8, the DOF is very narrow.

My two most recent posts are uncropped, 1:1 @ f/2.8. I really like the effect.

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 05/31/2010 10:20:19 PM
Amazing shot! Love that one great focus point.
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 03/27/2010 02:33:23 AM
As someone mentioned it does look like an octopus and the water drops adds to the effect.
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 03/14/2010 09:32:37 PM
It is so amazing that you isolated one tooth of the "fern" (I am guessing) to get that water drop. What a lens!! (And the photographer is pretty good too!)
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 03/06/2010 09:47:28 AM
That is some insanely shallow dof. It creates a very "tense" feeling, along with the serrated edges, in the shot.
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 03/01/2010 08:54:49 PM
I'm guessing there's additional blur added here (tell me if I'm wrong, please) but I do like the vibe. There are many single, lone, waterdrop shots flooding the planet/internet though this one is different because of the wide frame and additional shapes in view.
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 02/27/2010 11:30:01 AM
Excellent, lots of paths to follow, all leading to the center subject.
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 02/26/2010 11:14:50 PM
That's some insane shallow DOF! I like how the lighter area leads me right into the in-focus part.
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 02/25/2010 07:40:31 PM
Fantastic. Perfect DOF for this i feel. Adding this as a fave.
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 02/14/2010 10:28:34 AM
The bokeh in the background makes this look like octopus tentacles :D Love the colortone. The way that you caught that spot of water is fabu :)
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 02/12/2010 05:09:36 AM
This is cool, if not entirely believable in shot? (Feel free to kill me). Or maybe it's my own lack of proficiency talking, haha. I do like it. What does the colour version look like?
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 02/07/2010 04:29:09 AM
Wonderful focus on the drop
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 02/06/2010 01:38:37 PM
Wow, that DOF is amazing. I would have expected this to be a lensbaby shot if I didn't know otherwise.

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 02/05/2010 07:15:01 PM
damn that is incredible
so shallow
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 02/05/2010 08:51:26 AM
That's some lovely little spike! Wonderful bokeh and excellent black and white.
I love the abstractness of this one.
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 02/05/2010 04:41:08 AM
impressive! what i like most is the b&w tonality and the shape, i find the sharp area a bit too far for viewer perspective; i feel too much oof pops in my eyes
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 02/05/2010 03:05:44 AM
wow! to echo the others i have never seen such shallow depth of field
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 02/05/2010 03:00:18 AM
Originally posted by jomari:
That dof is so very shallow - I don't know how you achieve that.


Primarily shooting a f/2.8 at 1:1 or very close to 1:1 with my 100mm macro. With this image, nothing else fell in to the depth of field given the POV and crop.
 02/04/2010 06:38:51 PM
Pretty sure I've never seen that shallow of a DOF. It's very cool. I really have to take the time to play with my 100mm lens more often.
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 02/04/2010 05:43:10 PM
Very interesting shapes. That dof is so very shallow - I don't know how you achieve that.
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 02/04/2010 04:39:57 PM
The shapes through this image are really interesting, which makes the photos......shallow depth of field like this is not my favourite area, but you have both done this well, and have so much depth with the curved subject still standing out against the background that makes this image still really interesting. Simple border just finishes it off well.......
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