depth of field
noun phrase
: the range of distances of the object in front of an image-forming device (such as a camera lens) measured along the axis of the device throughout which the image has acceptable sharpness
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The shallow depth of field in this particular shot tells the story.
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Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Using a pop art palette of pink with a hypnotic depth of field and symmetry, Muñoz comments on how the colonization of Mexico by the Spanish subsumed the worship of Tonantzín into devotion to the Virgen as part of their efforts to Christianize the New World.
—Stacie Stukin, ARTnews.com, 24 Dec. 2024
This also makes the lens troublesome for focus stacked macro photography, a capture and editing technique that layers multiple exposures captured at different points of focus in order to achieve more depth of field while avoiding diffraction effects.
—PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
Tap it twice, lightly, and the display gives access to more features such as exposure, depth of field, photographic styles and more.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Using a pop art palette of pink with a hypnotic depth of field and symmetry, Muñoz comments on how the colonization of Mexico by the Spanish subsumed the worship of Tonantzín into devotion to the Virgen as part of their efforts to Christianize the New World.
—Stacie Stukin, ARTnews.com, 24 Dec. 2024
This also makes the lens troublesome for focus stacked macro photography, a capture and editing technique that layers multiple exposures captured at different points of focus in order to achieve more depth of field while avoiding diffraction effects.
—PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
Tap it twice, lightly, and the display gives access to more features such as exposure, depth of field, photographic styles and more.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Depth of field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depth%20of%20field. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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