Water on a CD

SaltWaterHippo

I decided to take some pictures to use them as examples of Depth of Field and maybe even explain what I know about it on a page somewhere to help people who know less than me about photography.

The only editing I done was put up the 'Clarity' in the Photoshop RAW Editor and added borders. 1 Image has a + exposure because it was a little dark. I thought they were good examples because it was pretty easy to see if a drop was in or out of focus but it would be nice to see what other people think so C&C is welcome

Robinivich

Nice shots! And a very clever idea for subject matter to illustrate DOF.

For demonstration purposes you might try it in a room with fewer light sources, so that there's less distraction for the eye to sort through.

Also, and this isn't so much a critique as a suggestion for some related cool shots, you should give it a try with your most "macro" lens and get in real close, and try moving the angle of the light around (if you have a lamp or something). The refracted/reflected colours off a cd can be fantastic, just as they already are in your shots here, and the closer you can get, the more abstract.

goldilocksandmy3bears

Very cool.. when you post your explaination of what you know.. I'd like to read it - I don't know much.

canon400d

goldilocksandmy3bears wrote:

Very cool.. when you post your explaination of what you know.. I'd like to read it - I don't know much.

This is the effect that Robin is on about.