{"id":2269,"date":"2013-06-12T12:09:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T03:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-06-12\/2269"},"modified":"2013-09-17T21:12:37","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T12:12:37","slug":"experimenting-with-depth-of-field-interactive-scene-of-towering-bamboo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-06-12\/2269","title":{"rendered":"Experimenting with Depth of Field: Interactive Scene of Towering Bamboo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"116043\" href='\/i\/JF7_116043.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_116043_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"431\"\nalt=\"desktop background image of towering bamboo, at the Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa), Kyoto Japan -- This Seems Like About the Right Balance between foreground sharpness and background blur at the Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa), Kyoto Japan -- Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa) -- Copyright 2012 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i116043\"\ntitle=\"towering bamboo, at the Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa), Kyoto Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 3200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_116043.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_116043.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>This Seems Like About the Right Balance<\/span>\n<br\/>between foreground sharpness and background blur\n<br\/>at the Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa), Kyoto Japan\n<div class='dbg' id='x792831'\nonmouseover='document.getElementById(\"x792831\").style.color=\"red\"; this.style.borderColor=\"red\"'\nonmouseout= 'document.getElementById(\"x792831\").style.color=\"inherit\"; this.style.borderColor=\"\"'><b>Desktop-Background Versions<\/b>\n<br\/><span class='dbg2'><a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_116043_1280x800.jpg' title=\"1280 x 800 desktop background image of towering bamboo, at the Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa), Kyoto Japan\">1280<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>800<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_116043_1680x1050.jpg' title=\"1680 x 1050 desktop background image of towering bamboo, at the Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa), Kyoto Japan\">1680<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1050<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_116043_1920x1200.jpg' title=\"1920 x 1200 desktop background image of towering bamboo, at the Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa), Kyoto Japan\">1920<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1200<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_116043_2560x1600.jpg' title=\"2560 x 1600 desktop background image of towering bamboo, at the Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa), Kyoto Japan\">2560<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1600<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet'\nhref='\/i\/JF7_116043_2880x1800.jpg' title=\"2880 x 1800 desktop background image of towering bamboo, at the Gioji Temple (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa), Kyoto Japan\">2880<span style='margin:0 0.1em'>&times;<\/span>1800<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>I play and experiment a lot when I'm out with the camera, slowly trying\nto add bits of experience of what &#8220;works&#8221; and what doesn't. <span class='nobr'>The photo<\/span> above, from <span class='nobr'>a trip<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a year<\/span> ago to one of my favorite hidden gems of Kyoto,\n<a href='\/blog\/2007-06-16\/491'>the Gioji Temple<\/a>, is\none of <span class='nobr'>a series<\/span> of five shots that <span class='nobr'>I took<\/span> at different apertures, to get\ndifferent levels of blur in the background.<\/p>\n\n<p>I often know exactly what I want in <span class='nobr'>a result<\/span> and how to get it, but\nsometimes <span class='nobr'>I just<\/span> can't predict what aperture will give <span class='nobr'>a pleasing<\/span>\nresult, so <span class='nobr'>I do<\/span> this kind &#8220;same scene, different aperture&#8221; series fairly\noften.<\/p>\n\n<p>Along these lines, I shared pairs of photos at different apertures last\nyear in &#8220;<a class='pt' href='\/blog\/2012-06-29\/2037'>Little\nOrange Mushrooms and Depth-of-Field Comparisons<\/a>&#8221;, but because <span class='nobr'>I didn't<\/span>\nuse <span class='nobr'>a tripod,<\/span> the jumpiness between the images of <span class='nobr'>a pair<\/span> is <span class='nobr'>a little<\/span>\ndisconcerting.<\/p>\n\n<p>I've finally figured out a way to automatically align the images in <span class='nobr'>a\nseries<\/span> like this, so I'd like to show the five-photo series from which the\nshot above is taken. 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Which one, if any, appeals to you most?<\/p>\n\n<p>(I wish the composition were better, but <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> just taking these as <span class='nobr'>a\ndepth<\/span>-of-field test, so <span class='nobr'>I didn't<\/span> plan on sharing them.)<\/p>\n\n<p>The interactive display above uses the same underlying technology as <a\nhref='\/blog\/category\/wigglegrams'>my wigglegrams<\/a> (most\nrecently seen on &#8220;<a href='\/blog\/2013-05-07\/2256'\nclass='pt'>Kyoto\u2019s Amazing Haradanien Garden, Part 4<\/a>&#8221;), repurposed to\nshow <span class='nobr'>a different<\/span> kind of depth. <span class='nobr'>I like the<\/span> effect, though it would be better if <span class='nobr'>I were<\/span> to use\n<span class='nobr'>a tripod<\/span> instead of software to stabilize the sequence. <span class='nobr'>I wish I<\/span> weren't so lazy.<\/p>\n\n<p>I guess I was in quite the &#8220;experimentation&#8221; mood that day, because other posts from the outing include\nthe aperture-pair\n<a href='\/blog\/2012-06-29\/2037'>little orange mushrooms<\/a> post mentioned above,\nand &#8220;<a href='\/blog\/2012-06-24\/2031' class='pt'>Polarizer Examples With the Moss and Ferns<\/a>&#8221;,\nalso showing educational pairs of photos.<\/p>\n\n<p> It was a great visit resulting in many posts, starting\nwith\n&#8220;<a href='\/blog\/2012-06-18\/2026' class='pt'>Rich Colors: <span class='nobr'>A Good<\/span> Start to an Amazing Day in Kyoto<\/a>&#8221;\nand\n&#8220;<a href='\/blog\/2012-06-19\/2027' class='pt'>Tag Along With Me on <span class='nobr'>a Photo<\/span> Shoot at Kyoto\u2019s Gioji Temple<\/a>&#8221;.\nAs always, the &#8220;nearby photos&#8221; link under most photos shows you photos and articles from nearby, from the same visit and from other visits throughout the seasons.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I play and experiment a lot when I'm out with the camera, slowly trying to add bits of experience of what \"works\" and what doesn't. 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