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© 2013 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott
I share this image to celebrate the many beautiful flowering trees in our province right now. Their season is very brief, but for a little while they are breathtaking. I also wanted to share a tip - don't underestimate the power of a long lens for shooting close things! Nothing throws a background out of focus like a long focal length at closer range. F/11 - that means everything's in focus, right? Not at 420mm! According to my calculations, the DOF of this shot is only a little over 1/3rd of an inch. If you are shooting a close subject with a long lens, remember just how small the DOF at longer focal lengths; you might need to step down to get more of the subject in focus.
Technical info: Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 70-300L + Kenko 1.4x Teleconverter, Processed in Adobe Lightroom 4, Adobe Photoshop CS6, and Alien Skin Exposure 4
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