Depth of Field - in camera best shot

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

D3 200f2 + TC17EII (340mm) f/3.4 (wide open with TC) 1/1250 ISO200 spot metering/focus - small adjustments in LR conversion, sharpening, saturation

Took this a couple of years ago during a wide open phase ;) ... still a personal favorite. Blur is all depth of field.

Thanks for looking/commenting.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[denise ippolito]

Michael, I really like the blur and the colors of the background. Very dreamy looking! I'm wondering if a ROT position for the middle stem might look good. Nicely presented.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Michael, beautiful colours and very dreamy as Denise has said. I might like to see the whole image as a blur as well :)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Michael, I love the colors and the blur - it looks like silk. I agree with Nicki that it would look also nice with the whole image blurred.:)

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Michael, I like the contrast of the one sharp stalk among the blurred ones. I wouldn't change it other than the suggested crop to move it a bit to the right. Good idea and execution! :cool:

[Michael Zajac]

Pleasing colors and blur. Another vote for an off center crop getting the main stem out of the center.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Denise, Nicki, Cheryl, Kerry, Michael,

Thank you for the comments. A slight crop off the right works for me but balanced against keeping all the vertical (& most of the aspect ratio).

Cheers,

-Michael-