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Lovely DOF!
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I'm diggin it. Isn't the ace of spades the death card? It's kind of like death is in focus. Personally I would have left the suicide king (king of hearts) in focus, just an idea though. Nice shot.

For the record I'm a little morbid.
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For the record I'm a little morbid.
I noticed! lol

I just threw random cards out there once I found the Ace.
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Personally I would have left the suicide king (king of hearts)
I have never heard that before! How odd


I have now got the Motorhead song stuck in my head though!
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Crazzy I have posted some stuff on here, a couple of things are morbid but most of it isn't. Pictures of the Wife, the dog, flowers, and other stuff. If you look at threads that I have started you can see. It's not that I'm really morbid, my mind just goes there first sometimes. Oh and I wasn't saying to put just the king in focus I just meant closer like where the Jack or the nine are.

Anna I wasn't aware that there was a song about the Ace of Spades. I think that I picked up calling it a Suicide King while I was in the military when we would get bored and play cards. I can't recall if I had ever heard it before that.
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Great way to show DoF. Nice capture and very creative.

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A lot of good photography comes from the photographers creative talent Nice job with the dof to spotlight the ace and very creative thinking
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thanks guys.

I originally just chucked a bunch of cards into my lightbox. Then I looked through the camera and realized I had no focal point! Then I fished out the Ace, and poof! it worked.
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