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I was goofing around at the San Antonio Zoo the other day and thought I would take a couple of depth of field "test shots".

Here's two otherwise identical pics of a Eyelash Viper, one at f/2.8 and another at f/10.
Notice how the added DOF actually changes the whole nature of the photograph. I think we, as herp photographers, assume more DOF is always a good thing. I don't think that is necessarily so.

One of the things I didn't like about my old point and shoot digital camera was the amount of depth of field I got, even at very low f/stops. Sometimes you want a little selective focus.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

Nice shots.
Yeah , the second one looks like your in a cage.
The bokeh in the first one is just vague enough to make you wonder where you shot it.
Kenny S>