Focus and Depth of Field

Lotus Pod

Originally uploaded by bmthomas

I entered this in the Bowie-Crofton Camera Club Advanced Color Print Flower Competition on 1/5/2009 but did not place. The competition was stiff. Not only are flowers a popular subject but the judge was Tony Sweet.

The judge said I should have used Helicon Focus. Helicon Focus is a program that combines multiple photographs each taken focusing on a different part of the scene together to create a final image with a better depth of field. Of course to do this you would have to shoot on a tripod and manually focus.