Single Bug

[tbutler]

I'm on record as not being terribly interested in flower and vegetation shots, when critiquing others' photography. So I suppose I'm being a hypocrite for taking and posting shots like this. ;_;

It is an example of a type of shot I'm trying to get more practice on. I normally gravitate to inclusive 'scene' shots, landscape and/or architecture; using a long telephoto lens to focus on one small detail while blurring out the rest of the frame is a common photo technique, and something I should learn. But in terms of 'things I can shoot like that, on the way home from work'... well, it's mostly flowers and vegetation. And when I get a successful result, I am interested enough to share it... I am a hypocrite. :(

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[yhlee]

It's okay! :) I think it came out well--I don't know the term for it but I love how the plant and the bug are all in one crisply focused plane while everything beyond it is so blurred, that contrast--is that called depth of field or am I very confused about my photography terminology?