Originally Posted By: peter

I do wonder ... whether we subconsciously like those photos because expensive-camera and/or pro-photographer photos all look like that, not because that look (while clearly different from the P&S look) is actually any better...

Dunno. But "emphasizing the subject" by reducing distractions is a fairly basic principle of art, and photography. Reducing the depth of field also makes an image appear more 3D than 2D in the area of the primary subject.


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Description: (v3) Less depth of field.




Edited by mlord (01/04/2013 11:58)