Re: Depth of field

FWIW, I thought some of those pics were very pretty. The lighting has a delicate feel to it.
A little bit of colour editing to make the skies a really nice shade of blue could really make
those pictures 'pop', as they say.

aj

--- In Nikon-D50%40yahoogroups.com">Nikon-D50yahoogroups.com, "rrtom610" <rrtom...> wrote:
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> Thanks Greg.
&gt;
> All helpful information, but in particular "Another rule of thumb is
> to remember that all things being equal,
&gt; wide generally has more DOF than long. Applied to the tree, I'd go
> wide, use aperature priority, stop the lens down, focus manually and
> get as close as possible. And a tripod...&quot;
>;
> I will try this in the morning. I want to do it about the same time of
> day because what originally caught my eye was a "back light"; effect at
> the time. I ran in the house, grabbed the camera (no tripod) and took
>; some quick shots before the sun got any higher. Now I want to attack
&gt; this with some sort of plan.
&gt;
> Thanks again.
&gt;
> --- In Nikon-D50%40yahoogroups.com">Nikon-D50yahoogroups.com, "master_bob_ws&quot; <greg> wrote:
&gt; >
>; > Another trick with DOF is to use manual focus.
&gt; >
> > Applied to the images of the trees where there are close branches at
> > the front, and far branches at the back, focuing on a branch in the
> > middle of the tree uses the DOF to your advantage.
> >
> > Foe example, if your DOF at aperature X is 48 inches, that would
> > equate into an infocus area of 24 inches front and back of the focus
> > point. You can take your pick here; use that 24 inches centered on
> > the middle, front, or back of the tree. I'd pick the middle if I
> > wanted to get most of the tree in focus.
&gt; >
> > Another rule of thumb is to remember that all things being equal,
> > wide generally has more DOF than long. Applied to the tree, I'd go
> > wide, use aperature priority, stop the lens down, focus manually and
> > get as close as possible. And a tripod...
> >
> > In the dark old days we had depth of field rings on our lenses -
> > they showed the DOF centered on the range of the subject. In the
> > modern day, you can pre-calculate the DOF and actually view it
> > graphically by surfing to http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html
&gt; >
> > Hope this helps.
&gt; >
> > Cheers
&gt; >
> > Greg
>; >
>;

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Thanks AJ.

--- In Nikon-D50%40yahoogroups.com">Nikon-D50yahoogroups.com, "aj_birdsong&quot; <apple.cherry...> wrote:
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> FWIW, I thought some of those pics were very pretty. The lighting
has a delicate feel to it.
> A little bit of colour editing to make the skies a really nice shade
of blue could really make
> those pictures 'pop', as they say.
>;
> aj

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