Jelly Beans

[jgbeam]

Shot these beans on the table before my daughter's birthday party with the 135mm /f2 wide open. Colorful shot showing how narrow the DOF is on this lens.


http://www.pbase.com/image/40908099/original.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/40908105/original.jpg

Jim

[stoneylonesome]

WOW! That's something, what have you got there, about 2" of sweet spot? Jelly beans look good also, one of my favorite candies. :lol:

[ChP]

Some thoughts...

The photos look underexposed.
The reflections are distracting.
The white balance looks off.
Could have used a slightly smaller aperture.

[tim]

I like them :)

[jgbeam]

Some thoughts...

The photos look underexposed.
The reflections are distracting.
The white balance looks off.
Could have used a slightly smaller aperture.

They are a bit under.
Next to a bare window. Curtains would have helped soften the reflections, but even my wife can't get me to hang curtains. :)
didn't mess with WB so it could be off.
Purposely went wide open to show DOF.

Thanks for your comments. ;)

Jim

[cjm]

To me the pictures are not too intersting, yet they gave me a craving for jelly beans so I am so conflicted :confused:

[tbird]

Probably a personal preference (the "eye of the beholder" thing) but I think a smaller aperture would have put more of the luscious jb's in focus and tempted my buds a bit more.....interesting as is but not as the eye really sees it with such a narrow dof. Gimme more beans!

[Skip Souza]

IMHO the narrow dof puts most of those delicious jelly beans just out of reach. Such is life.

[jgbeam]

So, nobody likes fuzzy jelly beans. :lol: :lol: I'll have to find another subject for my DOF experiments. :rolleyes:

Jim

[perfectpixel]

I think the purpose here was to illustrate the narrow DOF of this lens. For that purpose the photo is colorfully successful. Perhaps it is misplaced in the Critique Forum.

[ChP]

If it is a study in DOF it probably shouldn't be in the critique forum, the comments we are making are looking at the image as a finished work.