Comments on: A Depth of Field Lesson from Finger Puppets at a Baseball Game http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/07/09/a-depth-of-field-lesson/ Photoshop, Lightroom, and Photography Tips for Photographers Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:42:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Capture Great Photographs of Fall Leaves: Macro Photography Tips | MCP Photoshop Actions and Tutorials Blog for Photographers http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/07/09/a-depth-of-field-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-52136 Capture Great Photographs of Fall Leaves: Macro Photography Tips | MCP Photoshop Actions and Tutorials Blog for Photographers Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:01:28 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-52136 [...] telephoto macro lens in the 180mm range works best to reach out farther.  I like to shoot in the higher aperture f-stop range (f/22 to f/32) to bring it all in [...] [...] telephoto macro lens in the 180mm range works best to reach out farther.  I like to shoot in the higher aperture f-stop range (f/22 to f/32) to bring it all in [...]

]]> By: Gale http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/07/09/a-depth-of-field-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-14989 Gale Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:25:31 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-14989 Great explanation and I really appreciate the visuals. I'm not 100% yet with the depth of field for each f/stop but I think I'm beginning to get the gist of this. I always assumed that shooting at f/16 would get pretty much everything in my view in focus. Now, it's clicking that, depending on where the main focal point is determines how far out the focus will extend, i.e. the puppets. I would have thought that at f/16 the puppets and the stadium would be in the same area of focus. Tossing your little girls in there and explaining that had they been one foot behind the puppets they would not have been in focus (I'd like to see that). I've been shooting at A-Dep on my 40d thinking that everything would be in focus and discovering that that is not necessarily the case, such as when shooting landscapes. I figured A-Dep was popular and came to find out that I'm the only one (or pert near) who uses it! What an epiphany! Thank you for this post! I have your blog on my reader and check it frequently. I'm not a portrait shooter but much of what you share here has been very useful to me. Great explanation and I really appreciate the visuals. I’m not 100% yet with the depth of field for each f/stop but I think I’m beginning to get the gist of this. I always assumed that shooting at f/16 would get pretty much everything in my view in focus. Now, it’s clicking that, depending on where the main focal point is determines how far out the focus will extend, i.e. the puppets.

I would have thought that at f/16 the puppets and the stadium would be in the same area of focus. Tossing your little girls in there and explaining that had they been one foot behind the puppets they would not have been in focus (I’d like to see that).

I’ve been shooting at A-Dep on my 40d thinking that everything would be in focus and discovering that that is not necessarily the case, such as when shooting landscapes. I figured A-Dep was popular and came to find out that I’m the only one (or pert near) who uses it! What an epiphany!

Thank you for this post! I have your blog on my reader and check it frequently. I’m not a portrait shooter but much of what you share here has been very useful to me.

]]> By: Rose http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/07/09/a-depth-of-field-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-14947 Rose Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:04:50 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-14947 Too much back and forth! I am tired though, so maybe thats why I'm not getting it (and it looks like I'm the only one who isn't!). I actually hate all the terminology, and just like taking pictures! I get the effect I want without knowing the technical terms lol. Pampering Becki's explanation is so simple and made more sense to me :) Too much back and forth! I am tired though, so maybe thats why I’m not getting it (and it looks like I’m the only one who isn’t!). I actually hate all the terminology, and just like taking pictures! I get the effect I want without knowing the technical terms lol. Pampering Becki’s explanation is so simple and made more sense to me :)

]]> By: nicole baker photography http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/07/09/a-depth-of-field-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-14927 nicole baker photography Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:52:57 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-14927 @Michael Fiechtner - thanks for that great fraction analogy! @Michael Fiechtner – thanks for that great fraction analogy!

]]> By: PamperingBeki http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/07/09/a-depth-of-field-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-14880 PamperingBeki Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:28:00 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-14880 The easiest way I remember it is to think of flowers. Do I want to focus on just one flower? Or 16 flowers? If I want all those flowers to be in focus, I need my f/stop closer to 16. Just one, I need to stop down, close to one! The easiest way I remember it is to think of flowers. Do I want to focus on just one flower? Or 16 flowers? If I want all those flowers to be in focus, I need my f/stop closer to 16. Just one, I need to stop down, close to one!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/07/09/a-depth-of-field-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-14846 Michelle Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:55:23 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-14846 THANK YOU!! This was by far the easiest way to explain it so people can understand!! Now, if you can just explain how you got both puppets in focus at F/2.2...did you focus on the one to the right since he is closer? Thank you again! THANK YOU!! This was by far the easiest way to explain it so people can understand!! Now, if you can just explain how you got both puppets in focus at F/2.2…did you focus on the one to the right since he is closer? Thank you again!

]]> By: Jana http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/07/09/a-depth-of-field-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-14842 Jana Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:45:53 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-14842 Beautiful demonstration! I'm going to send this to a couple of my friends who are having trouble with DOF. It was a difficult concept for me at first, but once it clicked (no pun intended...heh), I had it. Beautiful demonstration! I’m going to send this to a couple of my friends who are having trouble with DOF. It was a difficult concept for me at first, but once it clicked (no pun intended…heh), I had it.

]]> By: Michael Fiechtner http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/07/09/a-depth-of-field-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-14840 Michael Fiechtner Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:21:45 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-14840 Good explanation! I think the hardest thing for me was understanding the terms "Wide open", "Stopped down" and whether a large aperture was f/2.2 or something like f/16. I think people have a tendency to think f/16 is larger when they're first learning (or at least I did) because the number 16 is naturally larger than 2.2. The way I finally though of it was to take the number and keep it in a fraction so f/2.2 would be 1/2.2 and f/16 would be 1/16....now it's easy to see that f2.2 is larger. Thanks for a great explanation! Good explanation! I think the hardest thing for me was understanding the terms “Wide open”, “Stopped down” and whether a large aperture was f/2.2 or something like f/16. I think people have a tendency to think f/16 is larger when they’re first learning (or at least I did) because the number 16 is naturally larger than 2.2. The way I finally though of it was to take the number and keep it in a fraction so f/2.2 would be 1/2.2 and f/16 would be 1/16….now it’s easy to see that f2.2 is larger. Thanks for a great explanation!

]]> By: Heather http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/07/09/a-depth-of-field-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-14832 Heather Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:32:16 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-14832 I've been 'getting it' more and more but this really cleared, no pun intended, for me on the what's in focus and what's not! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Now I'm off to play with my camera! I’ve been ‘getting it’ more and more but this really cleared, no pun intended, for me on the what’s in focus and what’s not!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Now I’m off to play with my camera!

]]> By: debra http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/07/09/a-depth-of-field-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-14830 debra Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:25:39 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-14830 can i just say, i love those finger puppets. my hubby would love them as he too is a tigers fan!!! great post too. i love finding articles that explains things in a way a child can get them too. sometimes i have a hard time with technical mumbo jumbo, and getting it in easier terms helps a lot.. thanks again...!!! can i just say, i love those finger puppets. my hubby would love them as he too is a tigers fan!!! great post too. i love finding articles that explains things in a way a child can get them too. sometimes i have a hard time with technical mumbo jumbo, and getting it in easier terms helps a lot.. thanks again…!!!

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