Carter S. Ammon |
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Depth of field in macro shots
Good morning,I am new to "betterphoto.com" and have been reading articles and Q&A's to get a good understanding of the site. Great place! :) Anyway, I need some advice/critique on a recent macro shot I did of my wife's rosebush just after a rainstorm. I don't think I got a good depth of field, but still, got a pretty nice shot of a rose. Equipment used:
Canon A-1
Canon 50mm f1.8
+4 lens diopter
Fuji Superia 200 film http://members.aol.com/ammonc/Rose-rain.jpg
June 17, 2004
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Rose after the rain
Canon A-1, Canon 50mm f1.8, +4 diopter, Fuji 200 film.
Carter S. Ammon
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Sorry for the duplicated messages. Here is the attached photo....Butch A.
June 17, 2004
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Jon Close |
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For a close-up/macro, I think you have pretty good depth of field. Usually in a picture like this only part of the bloom will be in focus, but you've got the whole rose in focus, but it is still separated from the background as it is just out of focus. Were you wanting more or less depth of field? What aperture was your lens set to? It's not clear whether you are specifying that you had set f/1.8 or if 50 f/1.8 simply identifies the lens used.
June 17, 2004
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Carter S. Ammon |
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Hello again, Sorry.... I was using a standard Canon 50mm f1.8 lens. I had the aperture at f4 (I think). I can't remember what shutter speed the A-1 chose, but I think it was 500. (I switched the A-1 over to aperture priority "AV" mode for the shot). I was trying to get a totally blurry background, so you can't make out and details, but leave the rose flower full in focus.
June 17, 2004
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Jon Close |
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To get more blur in the background you'll have to
(a) open up the aperture wider (f/2.8 or f/2 instead of f/4, or
(b) get a little closer, or
(c) recompose so that the background is less busy or farther away, or
(d) any combination of (a), (b), or (c).
June 18, 2004
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