Then I squatted to bring the flower higher in the foreground. Using a 24mm lens, I set the camera to Aperture-preferred and chose the smallest aperture. I hiked a few yards to get closer and eliminate roadside clutter and came across this little wild sunflower (I guess… botanists, please don’t write) about a foot high. In a Utah desert, I saw this metallic-looking butte just a hundred yards off the road. While this is true, it also tends to make distant objects appear smaller, often defeating the purpose of the photo. The wide angle is supposedly a favorite for landscape photography for its ability to capture a greater expanse. Most 35mm wide angles stop down to f:16 while f:22 is not uncommon. For instance, my 990’s smallest aperture at its widest angle is f:7.0. I own a 24mm (equiv.) for my CP990 and have used Nikon’s fisheye attachment… talk about depth-of-field!ĭigital photographers are at a slight disadvantage in that our lenses do not have the small apertures found in 35mm film lenses. Wide angle attachments are also available for digital cameras. For most prosumer digital cameras, the widest end of a zoom lens is the equivalent of around 35mm (not terribly wide but still endowed with great depth-of-field). Greater depth-of-field is an inherent trait of shorter focal length lenses, the wide angles. Now let’s take a look at how depth-of-field can be applied practically and creatively. Last week we examined the nature of depth-of-field.
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