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[spiralout]

This one has a special place in my heart. I :heart: my new 50mm 1.8!

 

[LaFoto]

Let me ask you a very stupid question, please.
It's not about the subject you photographed, which is just funny, and well done DOF-wise, but about that new lens you're mentioning.

Is it the 1.8 (which I assume is the light intensity - hope that is a word in the English language?) that helps you create a shallow DOF with a "normal" focus length, when I would have to step quite far away from this box and extend my zoom to maybe 200mm in order to achieve the same effect?

 

[BlueEyedSarah]

What is that picture of?