what a difference a few stops makes

[BillN]

at f36 - 1/10th sec - ISO 800

at f5 - 1/400 sec - ISO 800

 

[davect01]

at f36 - 1/10th sec - ISO 800

at f5 - 1/400 sec - ISO 800

I agree the second one is a bit nicer, looks like you also either cropped it down a bit or got closer to the spider.

 

[bilzmale]

Exemplary demo of dof.

 

[BillN]

Dave

Optical illusion?

both exactly the same distance and uncropped
second one taken 24 secs after the first

taken at extreme - f36 to illustrate DOF

 

[davect01]

Dave

Optical illusion?

both exactly the same distance and uncropped
second one taken 24 secs after the first

taken at extreme - f36 to illustrate DOF

Looking at it closer I see that. Nice work.

 

[Hyubie]

Wow, I haven't realized that the wide-open aperture created an "illusion" that the spider is closer. I also thought it was cropped! Nice...

 

[christilou]

Well, that's interesting. Thanks

 

[thekeddi]

Great example!!

It's just like the tilt-shift illusion where it makes things look tiny by just blurring some of the background.