The use of a wide aperture creates a shallow depth of field, allowing the photographer to blur any distractions in the background behind the subject. The key is to retain enough dof to keep your subject in focus. Judges at our bi-monthly competitions often focus on whether the entire subject is in focus. Let’s practice nailing the focus this week.
Adobe has a good explanation of the use of shallow DOF:
https://www.adobe.com/au/creativecloud/photography/discover/shallow-depth-of-field.html
And of course the digital photography school explains it all very clearly:
And here are a few of examples of shallow DOF from our cluster gallery:
You have until next Tuesday to upload your image to Cluster. Members have all been sent an invitation to join and most have done so already. If you have any trouble feel free to email Esther. We also encourage you to leave encouraging comments for other members.
I would love to receive your suggestions/requests for future challenges. Please leave them as a comment under the challenge notification in Cluster or Facebook.
We will also post this competition on our “Friends of BCC” Facebook group so our friends can still participate by sharing their images on Facebook.