Shallow Depth of Field
Savvas511

Shallow Depth of Field

October 2021

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A Beautiful Family Moment. A rare photo which combines capturing the right moment but also the right content to create a unique image that cannot be copied or duplicated in any way. Lovely and sweet blur in the background fits the brief perfectly and the picture itself captures our attention. Great Work. Congrats

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Beautiful Image, with so sweet colors and pin point focus on the subject. Excellent, great work and great relevance to the brief. The positioning of the main flower which is the main subject is very successful it is in the center of the image vertically and close to two thirds horizontally which does not follow the rules exactly but it is a very attractive composition .

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Selective focus is a great technique that you used to isolate one of the flowers and blur the rest of the background in order to make it stand out. It has relevance to the brief and it is a great image with excellent composition

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A beautiful progression of blurriness from the one near the subject to the far background in the distance, It is so lovely indeed to watch how the background becomes more and more blurred as the distance from the pin point focused image increases . Lovely composition. Great moment captured and interesting colors on the image. Great Work ... Congrats !!!

Great Macro image, Great detail and color intensity. Lovely composition on a flat background completely dissolved in the distance. Great work indeed and very accurate focusing on the subject. Capturing the moment is also an extra in this image since the butterfly can switch its location any second after the image was taken.

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One full frame image that gives perfect balance in the blurred background by creating the bokeh that we all love. It is however very relevant to the brief and contains a subject so eye catching and so strong compared to the rest of the image. It is a unique image and a winner. Congrats

Lovely composition with sweet colors and a variety of elements that create a friendly look and relevance to the brief . I also observe in this image a progression of blurring effect starting from the image and goin in the background and this is very interesting .

I loved your image, it is the soft and romantic image that needs so much talent to achieve, and of course it has relevance to the brief with the rest of the background not only soft but also blurred and completely out of focus. Great.

Lovely picture with sweet nature elements around it and of course the water droplets of the rain on the wire where the bird is sitting. Not even paying attention to the camera and continues to look sideways the bird which constitutes out main subject becomes even more interesting surrounded by out of focus background of mixed colors as the brief requested. Great Image, Congrats

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Great Winning image, with lovely color balance throughout from one corner the the next. Perfect Background blur matching the brief in all angles. The image composition gives the subject a special importance and the pin point focusing on the subject's eyes gives the image extra sharpness. Congrats

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Great Image from a Great camera. So impressive and so accurate composition. Loving colors and sweet blur in the background as per the brief . The background also has variations in tone and some bokeh effect from the light coming through the trees and that gives an extra importance to the subject. Great. ! Congrats

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Capturing the moment is the real title of this photo , and of course its relevance to the brief is also real having the cats at the foreground and with a green background completely out of focus. Great and interesting image

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A successful Bird in Flight , carrying its lunch over the water. What a magnificent moment of capture. Motion gives this image extra importance because the background is out of focus and the water also . Near the bird and under its catch we observe the water droplets still in the air since the time has frozen from the high shutter speed used on the camera. Lovely all around image Congrats !

A cute winner, here it is, this is the image that fits the brief in any way and it gives the composition so much originality. The subject is still but ready to move at any time , and thus changing all parameters but at this special moment what we get is a unique image. Congrats

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Great relevance to the brief, great selection of subject and capturing the moment. What amazes me in this photo is that the grass around the bird is not in focus not even at the nearest area to the bird and that is something really rare. Great Work Indeed

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Entry 10782646
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Great Pin Point focus on the eye of the bird, that is magnificent. Great photo with strong relevance to the brief and a positive point of view. I see the different tones of the background from light green to darker green and I like the way it is unfolding behind the center image of the main subject, the bird. Great Work

Entry 10782861
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One Rare Photo we have here, indeed it is so eye catching and the purple color so strong against the dark background. It has relevance to the brief and very attractive colors and composition. I also like the progression of light and darkness in the background from left to tight. Great Work

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Enter your photos having a shallow depth of field, where the background is blurred and the subject is perfectly in focus, to make it stand out. You can achieve this by using a telephoto lens, by moving your camera closer to your subject, using a wider lens aperture or a combination of all of these techniques. Dependent on how much blurring you want in the background, you can control these parameters accordingly. The subject can be anything you choose.

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