Its not easy to get a shallow depth of field with a wide Field of View(using wide angle lenses). This was done with 23 shots from an 85mm lens, stitched together in post production.
This method is affectionally known as the Brenizer method. Ryan Brenizer is one of my favourite photographers. 🙂
Although I like the pose here better than the previous one, I think that one satisfied the ‘Shallow Depth of field’ criteria of the project more.
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