Depth of Field

Depth of Field, originally uploaded by anjarudi.

These two photos are taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ20.

In Photoshop; photo filter/cooling filter 80 has been applied to the sky. The colours and contrast are slightly enhanced using Curves and Hue/Saturation.

Left image: f stop/larger aperture value – 3.3, faster shutter speed – 1/320 sec – Less (detail) depth of field

Right image: f stop/smaller aperture value – 6.5, slower shutter speed – 1/80 sec – Greater (detail) depth of field

Both set at ISO200
Focus is at the leaves in the foreground so focal length and shooting distance is the same, which is why it is the background that loses depth of field as the aperture value goes down/wider aperture.

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