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I recently bought a decent camera to take with me next month on our epic adventure (Panasonic Lumix G7), wanted something better than my phone to grab pics with. I know nothing about photography so I've been practicing with it as much as possible. Still trying to figure out how to get that cool focal point vibe I see others getting (in focus subject but blurry background) but even just using auto settings it smokes my phone camera.
So yesterday I was walking my dog at the park looking for interesting things to shoot and spotted a mama coyote!!! I saw her sitting at the edge of the woods, then she came out, grabbed some sunshine in the grass for a few min then went back into the forest. Tried my best to get cool pics lol - she was roughly 40 yards away but the zoom on the camera is pretty nice!
So yesterday I was walking my dog at the park looking for interesting things to shoot and spotted a mama coyote!!! I saw her sitting at the edge of the woods, then she came out, grabbed some sunshine in the grass for a few min then went back into the forest. Tried my best to get cool pics lol - she was roughly 40 yards away but the zoom on the camera is pretty nice!
Some photos from the area where I grew up. Lots of forrest, lakes, and rivers.
In the third photo, the house to the right is where my brother and I grew up. Sold that house when our parents (both still alive) moved to an apartment in a nearby city.
In the third photo, the house to the right is where my brother and I grew up. Sold that house when our parents (both still alive) moved to an apartment in a nearby city.
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Walking in the park yesterday
aperture... the way aperture works is, what they call f-stops. The reasoning here is math & somewhat algebra/geometry, w/ using f as a character that represent focal length
f = focal length
in that, you'll see an f-stop noted as say f/16 or f/1.4, etc.
so, the opening - the lens iris, is made up of little blades, that open & close - is that fraction of the lens' focal length.
If you have a focal length of 100mm f = 100
so, if you have an aperture of f/1.4, then your lens opening is:
100/1.4 = 100 ÷ 1.4 = 71.42857 mm
so, your lens focal length is 100mm
your aperture is 71.42857mm
if your aperture is f/5.6
100mm ÷ 5.6 = 17.85714285714286mm
focal length = 100mm
aperture is 17.85714mm
now, w/ your lens geometry, the smaller the opening, (larger f-stop) the deeper the depth of field will be. The larger the opening (smaller f-stop #), the more narrow the field of focus will be.
Now, there are other factors to consider, as well, like the size of the capture medium, like the capture chip (sensor), or film size. The smaller the capture point, compared to the lens design (outlined above), the more depth of field you'll get. So, f/5.6, is typically a good aperture, for portraits on a 35mm film camera. On a full frame (35mm) digital SLR, the physics will work the same. If the sensor is smaller, the depth of field will be greater, at the same settings, so, you'll need an even more wider aperture opening, to reduce the depth of field.
If you have a larger medium, like medium or large format, it works in the opposite direction. The same aperture/focal length ratio will result in less depth of field...
Another thing to consider, is the ratio of distance, between the camera's focal point (inside the lens) to the subject, vs the distance from subject to background. The farther you are from the subject, the more similar the background will be in focus. There will also be perspective distortion, where things seem more similar in size, depending on how far away you bare from the subject.
One book, that I bought way, way back, was John Hedgcoe's book of photography. It doesn't really teach you how to do anything, but, it explains a lot of functional considerations, by examples of many different kinds of photography & how & why the images look as they do.
One site, I used to always send people to, way back was,
Morguefile.com free photographs for commercial use.
unfortunately, it looks like shutterstock bought the site out & pretty much ruined the layout. But, the lessons are there & pretty much a good primer of photography...
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Jethro Rocker
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For simplicity sake, try portrait mode and zoom in where possible. This helps maximize that effect without getting too technical.I recently bought a decent camera to take with me next month on our epic adventure (Panasonic Lumix G7), wanted something better than my phone to grab pics with. I know nothing about photography so I've been practicing with it as much as possible. Still trying to figure out how to get that cool focal point vibe I see others getting (in focus subject but blurry background) but even just using auto settings it smokes my phone camera.
So yesterday I was walking my dog at the park looking for interesting things to shoot and spotted a mama coyote!!! I saw her sitting at the edge of the woods, then she came out, grabbed some sunshine in the grass for a few min then went back into the forest. Tried my best to get cool pics lol - she was roughly 40 yards away but the zoom on the camera is pretty nice!
Or try what DoD is suggesting without all the theory - put camera in A mode and set to the smallest number. Zooming in on subject helps. See how that pans out.
Just cause there is so mucn theory with all of it, trying to keep it simple but effective.
Cheers
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That was the other one that immediately came to mind but I went for the lower hanging fruit, lol.
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