I am so excited that I learned something new about my camera! Well can't say it's specific to my camera, but more so about photography in general. I learned more about Depth of Field (DOF) and how aperture affects the DOF in the photos. I'll admit it is a little confusing because I would think a larger aperture number would mean it's a larger number which would mean having a larger = depth of field. WRONG!
Having a large aperture (means having a smaller numbers ex. f/2.5) decreases the depth of field and a small aperture (meaning having a larger number ex. f/22) increases the depth of field.
So, I took my newly learned information outdoors and shot the above photos.
The first photo was taken with an aperture f/32 and shutter speed of 1/30.
The second was taken with an aperture f/5 and shutter speed of 1/1000.
It's clear that the first photo with the has a larger depth of field allowing me to see beyond the magnolia tree, while the second photo at a larger aperture gives a more focused view of the tree and not the background. Cool huh! Ok maybe just to me...but I love it!
As I have been viewing an analyzing other people's photos I realized many of my close up pictures show great detail (which I like) and have a blurred background (which I also like because it really helps to focus on the subject in the photo). Well, just recently I saw a picture (photo to the left by Adam Clutterbuck) that illustrated a large depth of field. I was amazed at the focus of the foreground and background. I always thought either landscape images (larger views) could only focus on the background view and the foreground would be slightly blurred. And vice versa with small depth of field images. Clearly, I have been uninformed. I know, I know. After all, this is a learning experience for me and I am learning! : )
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