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The Official Camera Phone Shootout Competition June 2012: "Depth of Field" |
9_Destiny
Joined: Mar 18, 2011
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From: Warsaw, Poland
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Hello once again!  This time introduction will be also short. Theme of this month is: Depth of Field. Theme is wide, so no one who really wants to be part of the competition, shouldnt have problems with participate.
How to aim Deepth of Field? Quite easy. Set focus on the object you want to capture leaving for it some space to get blurry background. You dont need to have manual focus in your camera. Even the most simple phones are avaible to capture great DOF.
Some inspirations from: Uncle Google
And here are some great examples from our Esatos community:
Taken by hihihans
Taken by sassho
Taken by biosx
Taken by exaflare23
Taken by chunkybeats
Taken by snuupy
Taken by LEFTHORSE
Taken by Guarulhos
Taken by CecoBizona
Taken by cu015170
RULES
1: Pictures must be taken with a mobile phone by that member.
2: Only 1 photo with allowance for only 1 change.
3: No archive photos & photos must be taken in June 2012.
4: Post full size photo here http://www.esato.com/phonephotos/ & post a link to that photo.
5: Picture post processing not allowed.
Happy Hunting! 
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tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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Similiar to previous month's, but more interesting. Let's get more creative now 
Here's the shorten link in case you need to copy and paste it: [url=http://j.mp/epcjun12]The Official Camera Phone Shootout Competition June 2012: "Depth of Field"[/url]
Let's start!
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hihihans
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 I'm good at blurry pics
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cu015170
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Good one! I love playing around with depth.. just remember that light (like in most cases) plays a big role.. you can get the object a in the sun, and the background in the shade, and it might exaggerate the bokeh effect a bit.. depending on what you are after.
Either way, this should be fun and relatively easy to do with a phone. Good Luck all!
I will try to get a PureView shot for this.. I should be able to get one before the end of the month |
hihihans
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@cu... I was hoping for a pureview entry 
Let's see if it's really that good 
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io_bg
Joined: Jan 09, 2008
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From: Bourgas, Bulgaria
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So basically we have the same theme but with a different name  (because of cell phones small sensors and wide optics you can get a smaller DOF only by shooting closer than ~0.5 metres from the lens)
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9_Destiny
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On 2012-06-02 11:33:24, io_bg wrote:
So basically we have the same theme but with a different name (because of cell phones small sensors and wide optics you can get a smaller DOF only by shooting closer than ~0.5 metres from the lens)
In fact it's very similar topic. Yes, but this time crucial role could have the background not necessarily the main object. Those who participated last month shouldn't have problems with taking the shot.
Some interesting stats from yesterday. Since I'm visitiong General discussions I haven't seen such activity. There are usually average of 10 browsering users.
From this topic. There are usually average of 1-2 browsering users .
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laffen
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From: Oslo, Norway
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@9_Destiny
A reason for the increased activity could be that I re-tweeted tranced post on twitter |
9_Destiny
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On 2012-06-02 13:07:55, laffen wrote:
@9_Destiny
A reason for the increased activity could be that I re-tweeted tranced post on twitter
Nice move. Maybe someone from twitter will join us
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biosx
Joined: Jul 10, 2011
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From: Bucharest
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I was thinking of the exact same theme and that it would be similar yet different, since you need to think of the background whereas in a macro shot you only care about the close-up subject.
Hopefully I'll have a shot taken from ICS ... still waiting to see my Sales Item number in the Android update page... |
Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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Definetly entering this month, i enjoy taking DOF shots, the X10 used to be amazing at these, its camera captured so much detail, but will use my GS2 for this.
Phone: iPhone 15 Pro Max Black Ti 512GB
Tablet: iPad Pro 11” 2020 Space Gray 256GB
Watch: Series 3 Nike Edition Space Gray
Droid: Huawei Mate 40 Pro 256GB |
io_bg
Joined: Jan 09, 2008
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From: Bourgas, Bulgaria
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I forgot to add another thing - judging by your example photos, you probably want entries with a shallow depth of field. All photos have a certain depth of field ranging from kilometers in landscape shots to millimetres when shooting with fast and long lenses
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alenn
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I also thought if I win (LOL I didn't get any votes,but that doesn't matter ) that I would choose DOF.
Very good theme for this month's contest indeed!
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hihihans
Joined: Mar 15, 2009
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From: Netherlands
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Is nobody interested in themes like Red, Doors or Water anymore? I'm not complaining just noticed a trend from materialistic to emotions and now technical skills.
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pohuman
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Posted: 2012-06-01 15:33
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