11-29-2013, 07:36 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-29-2013, 07:39 AM by Brightcolours.)
Well, the eye doesn't actually have that great DOF. Ask anyone with reading glasses 
. So yes, silly deep DOF does tend to look unnatural. Our depth perception is a combination of our semi-limited DOF and our stereo vision. Sometimes a huge DOF can add to an image, but indeed it can have a "flattening" effect, especially if the scene lacks perspective lines cues.
The weird shadow lifting fashion by some internet forum snap shooters is a separate issue. Besides that, I am not a great HDR fan, not digital and not from the darkroom.
I am not sure that in the technology the art is lost, maybe it is more that with the spread of technology and wealth the technology also gets in the hands of less gifted "artists". And then there also is a matter of tastes (bad, good, different)...
. So yes, silly deep DOF does tend to look unnatural. Our depth perception is a combination of our semi-limited DOF and our stereo vision. Sometimes a huge DOF can add to an image, but indeed it can have a "flattening" effect, especially if the scene lacks perspective lines cues.The weird shadow lifting fashion by some internet forum snap shooters is a separate issue. Besides that, I am not a great HDR fan, not digital and not from the darkroom.
I am not sure that in the technology the art is lost, maybe it is more that with the spread of technology and wealth the technology also gets in the hands of less gifted "artists". And then there also is a matter of tastes (bad, good, different)...