Hyacinth Close-up

One of the challenges of shooting with a very shallow DOF is determining where the plane of sharp focus should lie. The stem of the selected flower was my choice for this shot. The rest of the flower and background then become blurs of color.

Camera and Lens Settings (EXIF Information)

100mm f/2.0 1/1000s ISO 100 size: 5616W x 3744H

Camera and Lens Used

Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III
Zeiss 100mm f/2.0 Makro-Planar T* ZE Lens

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