Selective focus isolates a subject in your image and lets the other elements in your composition blur. The focal point becomes the centre of attention. You can use selective focus when the background is busy or not very attractive. Selective focus works by creating a shallow depth of field. Depth of field varies along a continuum. You can blur to a point that all detail is lost. But you can also retain some background detail. Selective focus is often used in macro or close-up photography.

Photos for P52-10-25 are to be taken and posted between Feb 25 and Mar 3.

Rules:
1. Anyone and everyone who is interested is eligible. The goal continues to be
have fun and share comments, concepts, insights, and techniques with fellow
Pentaxians.
2. Each week will feature a Theme and Sub-concept for you to explore.
3. Post your single picture in Project 52-10 thread for the week. Explain what
motivated you to take the picture or how it represents the weekly theme.
4. Some post-processing is OK (adjusting white balance, exposure, color
saturation), but let's try to stay away from heavily PP'ed images here. Try to
keep the creativity to photographic techniques and the captures themselves.
5. Since this project is about technique, and not camera, shots taken by non
Pentax cameras are allowed. Cameras may be SLRs, DSLRs, Point & Shoot,
Medium Format, etc. But no phones, please.
6. There is one “Theme Concept” labeled “black and white,” but feel free to post
black and white, sepia, monotone, etc., for any of the other themes.
7. The picture you post should be taken during the week in which the theme is
active to be eligible for judging.
8. Any picture taken from thread start date to listed closing date is acceptable.

[djb47]

Congratulations Cindy, well done and well deserved.

MR, FWIW, the Industar 50-2 has a max aperture of 3.5. Not sure where the -2 comes from. It was wide open at 3.5.

[MossyRocks]

MR, FWIW, the Industar 50-2 has a max aperture of 3.5. Not sure where the -2 comes from. It was wide open at 3.5.

Well then you are more informed than I. I had just assumed it was a f/2 wide open as that seems reasonable.