I went to the park yesterday with the whole purpose of focusing in focus. I wasn't trying to get any great shots, but just using different focal lengths of the same scene. I was using my 18-250mm zoom lens and the shallowest depth of field I could get was f/6.3. Maralee
Weekly Challenge: Focus
I enjoy taking photographs of flowers. Â Sometimes I like to have the entire flower in focus and sometimes I like to have only a portion of the flower in focus. Â These are two shots of the same flower, same place, same time. Â One I shot at f/4.0 for a shallow depth of field and the …
Day 216 – Macro Lupines
I have one lupine plant that is blooming right now. Â It had the perfect shades of lavender and purple - my favorite colors. Â I've done lupines previously but this time I thought I would get up very close and use different apertures. Â I was going for a narrow depth of field and throwing the background …
Day 168 – More Macro from the Garden
I took these photos this morning while there was still some water drops left over from the watering last night. Our strawberry plants are starting to develop the fruit. Â The only problem I have with the strawberry plants is that we don't have enough of them to get much fruit. Â We probably will get a …
Day 167 – Working with Macro and Depth of Field
I'm still working with my new macro lens and depth-of-field. Â I've found that even when I use a small aperture, the depth-of-field is still fairly shallow with the macro lens. Â And with a large aperture, the depth-of-field is miniscule. Â And it changes quite a bit just moving a few inches from the subject. All of …
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