Depth – Deep & Shallow

This project I worked on Aperture settings. This means that depending on what the f-stop is at would determine if my photo was sharp or has some blur. This was a lot of fun to learn and work with. If you want a blurry background, it’s better to use a smaller f-stop (f/2.8 to f/4). If you’re looking for a sharp photo all the way around, it’s better to use a higher f-stop (f/18 to f/22). Be careful though, if you use too high of an f-stop you’re photo will be blurry around the edges.

Deep Depth

This photo has a deep depth of field. You can tell this by how sharp everything is from the goal post to the buildings in the back.

This is another example of deep depth focus. There isn’t any blur behind the front lamp post and even the apartment buildings in the back are in pretty good focus. Notice how I used an f-stop of 18 and not anything higher, this allows the outside of the image to not get a vignette look.

Shallow Depth

From this photo you can easily tell that the background is blurry and that the main focus is the leaf. I zoomed in as far as I could and used the smallest f-stop I have to make the background blurry. A small f-stop will create this very nice blur in the background.

I used the same f-stop as the last picture I took because that’s the lowest my camera can go. With a nicer lens I could go even lower and make a more pronounced bokeh (blur in the background). One thing to be aware of is to not get too close to your main object or else it will also be slightly blurry. Originally the berries were slightly out of focus because I was too close, but I went in and sharpened them up so it wasn’t as obvious.