1. Depth of field (DOF) in a photograph
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• DOF: “distance between the nearest and farthest objects
in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image”
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field)
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Small or shallow DOF: the subject is
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Large DOF: practically unfocused. A typical example is a
the entire image has a macro shot, i.e. a close-up of a subject
sharp definition. at greater than life size.