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Boost Depth of Field with onOne Software FocalPoint

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In this video, I revisited a photo from a trip to Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

The photograph is of a cannon, found in a dark, shadowed, section of the Fort. All of the cannons on the island are original, which is awesome.

To capture the image, I had to boost my ISO to 1250, which was no problem for the Nikon D700. However, I had the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens attached so while the depth of field is nice, it’s not where I want it to be.

As you will see, I opened the photograph in onOne Software’s Perfect Photo Suite via Lightroom. Then I created a boost of depth of field using FocalPoint. After some final touches in Perfect Effects, I achieved the result that you see above.

FocalPoint makes it so simple to boost the depth of field of your photographs.

Thanks for reading and happy shooting,
Scott

note: there was some confusion about the language I used when originally publishing this article/video. When I stated that I was increasing the depth of field, I was talking visually, not technically. Visually, I am creating the look of more depth between the subject and the background. Technically, this is called shallow depth of field and is decreasing the depth. Due to this confusion, I have renamed the article and video to Boost Depth of Field with onOne Software FocalPoint.

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383 responses to “Boost Depth of Field with onOne Software FocalPoint”

  1. Aren’t you DECREASING the depth of field in this tutorial?

    1. Yes, while the phrase is technically decreasing, visually you are increasing the look of depth

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