Depth - Image Bank

Wide depth of field.

This image has used depth of field as both the globe and the flowers are important aspects in this image. The main focus, though, is on the globe and this focus could have been achieved with both wide and shallow depth of field. With wide depth of field, it uses perspective as the flowers lead up to it. With shallow depth of field, the image could have only focussed on the globe. This was taken using f/16.

Shallow depth of field.

Although the background of this image is blurred, we can infer that the flower in focus is part of a larger field of the same flower due to the yellow dots on the background. I like that the flower at the front is the only one that is sharp, as it separates it from the field and makes it seem unique. This would most likely have been used with the f stop of f/2.8.

Wide depth of field.

I like how this image uses wide depth of field so that we can see up to the horizon and see where the land starts on the other side of the lake. I also like how there is still contrast in this image despite it being wide depth of field, as the lake separates the land through the centre. This photograph was taken at f/5.6.

Shallow depth of field.

I like how this image uses shallow depth of field to focus on a certain part of the subject, instead of focussing entirely on the subject and blurring the background. I also like how the image is focussed on the dogs eyes, as this is the sharpest part of the image and this is where a viewers focus is drawn to. This image is likely to have been taken at f/2.8 or lower.

Shallow depth of field.

Like the previous image, I like how this photograph has used shallow depth of field in a different way to simply focussing on the foreground. This image instead focusses on the gnome in the middle of the image, blurring both the foreground and the background. This image was taken at f/1.3.

Wide depth of field.

I like how this depth of field uses perspective to focus our attention on the centre of the image, where the vanishing point is in the centre. This image is entirely in focus, so that not only do we focus on the vanishing point but we can also see the details around this. This photo looks as though it was taken at around f/11, but was actually taken at f/2 but the photographer stood far away from the subject.