I think I've started noticing a trend in LF portraiture discussions that I find disconcerting... the quest for 'bokeh' seems to be driving very shallow DOF -- to the point where noses are sometimes out-of-focus. Yet these portraits often garner lots of praise from fellow on-line photographers.

I've observed similar situation with regard to food photography in the cooking/foodie magazines and newer cookbooks... only a narrow band of food is in focus -- both foreground and background is quite out-of-focus (OOF).

Is this really a new trend, or have I been not paying attention. In portraiture I always strive for in-focus eyes and noses in portraiture and can't accept less. It never bothers me if ears and background are OOF, but eyes and everything in front of the eyes up to, and including the tip of the nose (at least) ought to be in focus.

Am I intolerant in my distain for OOF foregrounds? Please adjust my attitude if it needs adjusting!