A Fellow I Met In France

Marik · 5 Jun 2006 at 10:29

While in france, I met a new friend... he is called Larry

I wasn't sure wheather to post it or not, but why not eh, comments are always a good way to learn!

Dan

RichDay · 5 Jun 2006 at 17:07

Pretty good framing and the colours are good but the DOF is so small pretty much everything is out of focus bar his eye.

When taking close ups you need to put the camera into AV mode (aperture priority) and set it higher (to at least f8) to get a wider band of sharpness across the frame.

Hope this made sense.

Marik · 5 Jun 2006 at 17:34

Yeah it does indeed, I was shooting in Av mode, but I was in 2.8 mostly, then i put that one up to f4 but I aint sure about how much is in focus at each f number. So got a bit stuck

Thanks for you help

RichDay · 5 Jun 2006 at 19:01

Marik said:
Yeah it does indeed, I was shooting in Av mode, but I was in 2.8 mostly, then i put that one up to f4 but I aint sure about how much is in focus at each f number. So got a bit stuck

Thanks for you help

How much is in focus depends on the amount of zoom you're using and if you've got teleconverters or close up filters on your lens. Generally I try and use at least f8 to get the subject in focus.

Richard T · 5 Jun 2006 at 19:02

you sure he's French? Ha aint got a string of onions round his neck

Nice shot by the way

Gungnir · 5 Jun 2006 at 19:50

Marik said:
Yeah it does indeed, I was shooting in Av mode, but I was in 2.8 mostly, then i put that one up to f4 but I aint sure about how much is in focus at each f number. So got a bit stuck

Thanks for you help

This link should give you an idea

http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html

Marik · 5 Jun 2006 at 22:52

ah right, thanks very much for that lads, much appreciated