Weekly challenge 5/23 - 5/29 DOF

(canon M50 + 15-45mm)

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Flowers oblige as subjects because beside being pretty, they sit still and rarely argue. Tracked down my Helios 44 - 2 , added a 10mm tube and....

the Helios is a unique bokeh machine and is creamy soft wide open


stop down a couple of clicks and things get sharper


and a stop or so more, but keeping the oof to a max by sneaking up just until the petal tips are sharp

 

Unintentionally, I'm keeping with the flower theme. These were hand held, all at 102mm on a 70-200, all at 1/200 (should've gone slower to hold down ISO), auto ISO. Tried to hold the same composition and then cropped in to each photo as well.
f/2.8 & ISO 640


f/4 & ISO 1250


f/7.1 & ISO 4000



In the un-cropped photo I preferred f/4 or f/7.1, in the cropped versions I definitely preferred f/2.8

 

Say hello to my assistant with this challenge, Curious Charlie.

DSC_3335 by Machiavelliar, on Flickr

DSC_3380 by Machiavelliar, on Flickr

DSC_3374 by Machiavelliar, on Flickr

 

Fuzzy background caused by panning a moving subject.
Kodak Pony 828, F16 for forgiving DOF, 1/100 sec.

 

Vertical window slats
(Fuji X-E1 + Olympus OM-Zuiko f/3.5 - 28mm)

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I live walking distance from Arlington and have ID to get on the post that abuts it but that did not help today as the cemetery is still effectively closed. Something I did not realize.

So these Memorial Day shots were taken through the fence making what I envisioned more difficult.

Canon 85 mm @ f .8. (no pixel peeping)



Canon 70-200 @ f 2.8



Canon 70-200 with 2x TC @ f 5.6






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@fishing4sanity, The gate scene is my favorite.


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