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Björn Carlén

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Linnaea borealis
« on: August 07, 2015, 22:48:38 »
I'm curious as to what you have to say about this shot of the Linnaea. Through the kind of bokeh present, I wanted to create the impression that the carpet of Linnaeae (or whatever the plural is) continues forever.
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Re: Linnaea borealis
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2015, 23:52:16 »

You could get more flowers in focus stopping down, but to the detriment of the bokeh. (although you can still get a pleasant bokeh @f/4 depending the lens)

Endless dilemma ! ::)

And you could take several pictures of the same subject with different f/stops and compare the results.Tripod needed, BTW... ;)

The only way to obtain both creamy bokeh and improved DOF, it's focus stacking. Have look on Michael Erlewine work.
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Re: Linnaea borealis
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2015, 15:48:00 »
Thanks! I'll check out the work of Erlewine.
Björn Carlén
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