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        Netaddict 
           
           
         
          
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				 Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:27 am    Post subject: Shallow depth of field (DOF) | 
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				Photographers say when taking a portrait, use a shallow DOF to blur out the distracting background.
 
 
That's logical but only photographers know this rule. Give a someone a picture with a correctly blurred out background and they'll say "yuck, good photographers don't produce blurred images like this"?  | 
			 
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				 Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:55 am    Post subject:  | 
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				errmmm
 
 
Not necessarily. _________________ If life serves you lemons, make lemonade!  | 
			 
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				 Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:15 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Sorry can't agree there! _________________ Lee  | 
			 
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				 Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:00 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Thank you for your responses. So I'll continue to take shallow DOF photos  | 
			 
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				 Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:02 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				Depends on what you are trying to achieve really. _________________ If life serves you lemons, make lemonade!  | 
			 
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