Creating depth?

Where most photos of long hallways and high cathedral towers create a sense of depth when photographed right, I was wondering if the same could be accomplished with something much smaller. I tried it with some marbles ( you know the things we used to play with before playstation and x-box).
I hope I succeeded, please feel free to comment and any advice and criticism will be appreciated.

I would say you succeeded....

Very well done, good use of negative space and DOF!

Well done:thumbsup: Would be more effective if you placed the lead marble on the right so it could be in focus as well.

Good attempt I would say to use a higher aperture tho so you can have my focused DOF the normal school taught photography says anything below 5.6 apt is for up close depth of field 5.6 to 8 is about medium and anything over 8 is high depth of field. You have it at the right height and angel just need to try to get the focus tighter.

Honestly I found the photo confusing....to me nothing appears in focus, Im not sure where I am supposed to focus on, i feel there is too much space between the top of the last marble and the top of the photo, and I would have concentrated on one side or the other. Sorry just my opinion.

Photo is way out of focus, my eyes are leading me to nowhere just blank space... Being eye level with the subject is a solution reducing all the extra space of the white space above...marbles are uncoordinated...

Focus appears soft throughout the pic. pleasant softness though

Did you use autofocus for this shot? With no contrast areas or edges, it wouldn't work too well. I'd try manual focus, and get the two leading marbles at the same distance, to create a concsistent receding
softness effect.

Wow thank you all,
Yes I used Auto Focus, I do have difficulty getting my photos to be tack sharp in the areas of focus, and more so when I use manual focus. Any tips on how to improve it will help a great deal.

I left alot of space between the last marble and the top of the photo to create a sence of scale and distance.At that moment I felt like it emphasised the small size of the marbles. Is there a better way to achieve this?

I did think that my focus should have been more forward and onto the closest marble so thank you for confirming that for me.

I agree that the focus shouldn't be where it was, but it's not soft though out the picture. There IS an in-focus area there.

orion wrote: Honestly I found the photo confusing....to me nothing appears in focus, Im not sure where I am supposed to focus on, i feel there is too much space between the top of the last marble and the top of the photo, and I would have concentrated on one side or the other. Sorry just my opinion.

I understand the concept, but the photo looks completely blurry, I don't really see a focus point.

Erica wrote: Wow thank you all,
Yes I used Auto Focus, I do have difficulty getting my photos to be tack sharp in the areas of focus, and more so when I use manual focus. Any tips on how to improve it will help a great deal.

I left alot of space between the last marble and the top of the photo to create a sense of scale and distance.At that moment I felt like it emphasized the small size of the marbles. Is there a better way to achieve this?

I did think that my focus should have been more forward and onto the closest marble so thank you for confirming that for me.

99% of the time its that your using a stock lens like around the 50mm range and you need something that can do more of a Macro shot otherwise neither auto or manual will focus on that point. An this looks like an tempt for a Macro shot with the wrong equipment

I think another cool option would be to leave all the marbles where they are and in that empty center place one in the middle... Not in the front of the shot or the back but in the middle front to back with the closest marbles and furthest out of focus.

Add some light from the side or the back to throw some shadows, might be cool too... I may try it...

You planted a great seed there, Keep playing with it

Arkangel7x3 wrote:

Erica wrote: Wow thank you all,
Yes I used Auto Focus, I do have difficulty getting my photos to be tack sharp in the areas of focus, and more so when I use manual focus. Any tips on how to improve it will help a great deal.

I left alot of space between the last marble and the top of the photo to create a sense of scale and distance.At that moment I felt like it emphasized the small size of the marbles. Is there a better way to achieve this?

I did think that my focus should have been more forward and onto the closest marble so thank you for confirming that for me.

99% of the time its that your using a stock lens like around the 50mm range and you need something that can do more of a Macro shot otherwise neither auto or manual will focus on that point. An this looks like an tempt for a Macro shot with the wrong equipment

The information you are giving is a bit confusing. This shot can be taken with any lens, "stock" or not (whatever that means). The issue are focus and depth of field, which can be addressed with any DSLR lens. Point of focus and aperture, I believe.