depth of field

Depth of field is the effect where one portion of the image appears blurry and out-of-focus.

This mimics the photographic effect that's caused from lens being able to focus at only one distance at a time, making a picture containing objects at various distances from the camera have both blurry and sharp regions. Often includes bokeh.

Not to be confused with

• blurry, which is an umbrella term that also includes stylistic effects.
• foreshortening, which refers to objects appearing larger and shorter when pointed to the viewer. An image can contain both, but not necessarily.

Examples of depth of field without foreshortening:

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• post #667218

Examples of depth of field with foreshortening:

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See also

• tag group:image composition(Techniques)

The following tags are aliased to this tag: focus_blur (learn more).

This tag implicates blurry (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: bokeh and soft_focus (learn more).