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Published: 2012-06-05 01:37:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 1533; Favourites: 135; Downloads: 0
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Summer time and just a spot of tea on the deck in grandmother's china. Could life be more perfect?This is one of those images that takes careful measurement and dof calculation. The point of focus is mid way up the spoon. DOF was used to extend the focus to the current level. I used DOF Master and a ruler to measure various parts of the scene to determine the precise point of focus to obtain the DOF I wanted.
A 145 mm lens was required for the necessary angle of view and as a result a 20 mm extension tube was attached to allow it to focus close enough.
Skylight alone was the source of light.
Due to the low ISO selected and the high aperture required, a slow shutter speed was necessary. A wireless control was used to trip the shutter, thereby reducing movement or vibration.
A 30x40 inch print is possible.
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Brilliant (in many ways) - and thanks for the technical explanation!!
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NP... I will be teaching this technique next monday.
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Yes indeed . I like it too ... looks like Portuguese style tea set sc01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB16F6NHpX…
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thank you. For myself, it is the level of detail.
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Adorable one again dear friend
Beautiful photograph with a detailed info...Thank you so much
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I'm saving this in my messages and I'm gonna attempt something similar
Once I figure it all out..That is
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I like the tea cup and generally how colourful this all is besides the white elements. Great photo
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thank you.
The cup was my grandmothers. She collected them over her lifetime and gave them away before she died.
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Lovely to see such consciousness in action, and how you've placed your focus in front of the cup to get a blur behind, despite the narrow aperture.
(I'm guessing that's what you must have done. 
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yup. I had to focus mid way along the spoon, then calculate the DOF to keep the spoon fully in focus, but the tea bag and background out of focus. The high camera angle played a bit of havoc with the calculations because it changed the direction of the DOF from what it appears to be.
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Very cool indeed!
Good morning, I'm off to work!
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Have a good day... I am off to bed.... I have a workshop to teach tomorrow and saturday.
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Busy weekend over here too. Good luck with the workshops!
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My pleasure, great work Wayne.
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I like the delicate feeling of the shot. The tea cup and spoon have a old, classic feeling with them and inspire something calm.
As you well said in the description too, the shot has a wonderful perspective and the DoF is great. I admire how well you calculated everything.
I look forward to the next of your works!
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Thanks david.
It looks like work I used to do with a 4x5 camera.
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Yea.. view cams have all those little plane tweak adjustments
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yes, they allow one to make the lens board parallel with the subject which corrects perspective and change the angle of the lens board to help align the DOF of the lens with the subject plane.
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Beautiful!! not only for the focus but the subject matter
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lol... I had a feeling you would appreciate it Sophia.
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nod ... I do. Then again as much as I have moved and downsized gear, I still have some of my grandmothers service
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I'm thinking you probably can. You did one food shot (in your gallery) and you used a 6mm lens. People usually do that, use a lens that is too short. Next time you get a chance to take a picture like this, move back and use a 100 mm or even more if you camera will allow you to focus. Just keep moving back until the subject looks the way you want it in the view finder. (You don't need a lot of distance, this was was 3 feet away from the camera.)
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Well, now all I need is a good camera! Currently I have an i-phone. Which isn't bad, but not quite the quality I want.
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At the time that I photographed food, it was an actual camera!
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lol... well I figured that was about what happened. Life does have a way of changing.
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Indeed! ^_^ Sometimes it is a good thing!
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yes indeed sarai, all change is not bad and often even the changes we don't want are good for us. Life really is a strange thing.
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Indeed! But that is one of the things I like about it. Life is very fluid. At times for the best, at times for the worst. Always interesting though.
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