DOF Problem

[tekgypsy]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=14088&cat=4943&page=1

i have a photo at the above URL.... the DOF has gone to sh*t on this pig and i want suggestions as to what can get rid of the flattened DOF.... or is it an atifact of scanning?

 

[mikule]

Someone else can probably answer this better than me. But as I understand, the further away an object is, the more difficult it becomes to judge distance, which is why focusing is more critical at closer distances etc. I think using a longer lens can also cause this problem. But I'm still quite new to this, so I may be off the mark.
I've also been told it helps, when wanting to exeragerate the depth of field, to frame the image with an object up close, as a point of reference. Then use the hyperfocal method, and so on and so forth.

 

[richard_l]

Actually it's not a DOF problem, it's a perspective/foreshortening issue. Perspective gets more flattened the farther away the subject is from the camera, which obviously is a problem occurring mostly in landscape photography when using a telephoto lens, although it is not directly the fault of the lens itself. The only remedy is to move closer to the subject, and use a shorter focal length lens if you wish to preserve the breadth of the scene. Obviously this may not always be possible.

Very nice photo, by the way.

 

[Doug]

I think the frontal lighting inhibits a sense of the depth that is present in the scene. With light more to one side you'd get more separation and modeling.

 

[tekgypsy]

DOF problem

DOF problem

hmmm... those all appear to be good suggestions. it was a morning shot so the sun was directly behind me. as far as the lense problem, it was a Bessa R with a 50/1.5 ASPH Nokton ... it's the only lense i currently have for this beast.