Photography Assignment 25 - Depth of Field

We have learned a lot about composition in previous learning assignments. The Rule of Thirds, Centering, and Orientation assignments gave us a great appreciation for the importance of how we place our subjects in the frame. Now we are moving on to focus issues. How much of your image is in focus is vitally important to most images. Depth of field is one way we control the vision of those viewing our photographs. By manipulating depth of field we force the viewer's vision to match ours.

For this assignment you can use EITHER shallow or large depth of field. However, you MUST state which depth of field is your intent with each entry. Because this is a learning assignment I need to know your intent during judging. If you do not state shallow or large depth of field with your entry it will be disqualified. Remember that depth of field is based on the image shown, not the size of the subject. For example, a macro photograph of a spider where the spider fills the frame would be a large depth of field if most of the frame was in focus even though the physical size of the subject is very small.

Lesson on Depth of Field

Things to Remember
Read over the rules for details on posting your entries, image size requirements, and helpful hints. Entries MUST comply with these rules to be valid.
The deadline for this contest will be at 10PM Eastern time on April 30th.
Images MUST be taken during the contest period (April 16 - April 30).
Assignment winners will be announced May 3rd.
In addition to the winner and up to 8 finalists posted in the winner's gallery, I will also be selecting several images each contest for additional critiques to be posted in the entry thread.

Assignment 25 - Depth of Field Entry Thread - Images MUST be posted in this thread to be valid.
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