| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 17mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |
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The Brenizer Method – shallow DOF and wide angle
I love shallow depth of field and the Brenizer Method (or bokeh panorama) is an intriguing way of achieving that in a wide angle shot.
Basically, with your lens zoomed in you take many overlapping photos of your scene like you would a panorama but you don’t go for the traditional 360 degree image. It’s more like 50-90 degrees, or what a “normal” lens would see. The beauty of the technique is achieving a very shallow depth of field because your lens is zoomed in and the DOF is shallower still than it would be wide open, or so I’ve read. I haven’t managed to take such a photo yet!
Here’s a great video showing how to do it with Photoshop, but you could use Hugin or Microsoft Ice as well.
Take a look at the stunning photos here, here and here. Beautiful.
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Playing with Fire and Light
Steel wool, multicoloured lights, a dark area and long exposure shots. Great fun with Blarney Photography Club last night!
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera Canon EOS 6D Focal length 24mm ISO 500 Shutter speed 20s
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