kevin_schoedel

Thanks for the comments.

William, in this version I did want shallow DOF, although I did actually want to get the entire cursor in sharp focus. Although I didother versions, like the one Robert's comment links to, that are sharp throughout, it wasn't possible to get a wholly sharp version from this perspective, since I don't currently have bright enough lighting or lens tilt capability. I may try that in the next round.

Thanks for the comments.

Tom, yes, that is exactly what I was aiming for. I'm very pleased it came through. Though since I'm just a programmer and not an EE (not to mention being born around the time this is set) it took me a couple evenings to produce a diagram that was reasonably appropriate and not anachronistic.

Rob, I made about a dozen exposures of different sorts and liked these two best; like you I prefer the other one. The eraser was indeed new before I used it for the diagram, and in this picture I forgot to make sure that the worn corner showed. And the coffee cups I actually drink from would not even fit in the frame :-)

I think I will eventually reshoot a few pictures like these, treating these as rough drafts, and will certainly take the comments into account.

The text of the "WARNING" sign has faded completely away.

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The terrible Mach banding in the picture is a JPEG artifact; I could not generate a file under 100K without it.

The successor photo is here (697478).

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