Originally Posted by
Struan Gray
I bracket depth of field much more than I ever bracket exposure, or 'work the subject'. I still find it hard to judge Bokeh and the three-dimensional feel of a narrow focal plane while looking at the ground glass.
These two were taken at f11 and f16 with a 420 mm lens on 4x5. Even at moderate enlargements the seperation from the background and the concentration of attention change quite radically (to me, at least :-). Click on the images for larger files.
I don't think in terms of 'better' or 'worse', but rather closer or further away from the effect I want to promote. Jim's first photo is more about the car, the second is more about the undergrowth. In my case I feel the emphasis switches from a bias towards isolated twigs to the tree as a whole structure.