28. January 2011 by Friedhelm.

I photographed this mandolin in San Francisco. Using a f5.0 aperture I got in-focus everything on the right hand side to about the left hand of the musician.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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27. January 2011 by Friedhelm.

On my exercise walk I came by a group of river rocks. In order to photograph them I had to put the camera close to the ground. I picked f2.8 to put the first rock on the right side in focus. The second rock is already out of focus.

Enjoy and happy exercising with your camera!

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26. January 2011 by Friedhelm.

I saw this group of beer glasses and I used a wide open lens to get a shallow depth of field. Besides this row of empty glasses were a few full beer glasses. They were reflected as they yellow spots in the empty glasses. I thought those reflections made the image more interesting.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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25. January 2011 by Friedhelm.

I used a 50mm prime lens at f1.8 to create this image. I wanted the fence to be in focus and the trees out of focus as much as possible.

This is a prime example that you can take great images with relatively inexpensive lenses. The Canon 50mm f1.8 lens used to cost only around $50.00 a few years ago. Now you can be lucky if you get it for about $100.00. This lens is very sharp and you can create great images with it. The great French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson used a 50mm lens in almost all of his photographs!

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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24. January 2011 by Friedhelm.

In August of 2010 we exercised “Depth of Field” for a week creating images with a 3D feeling. This week I like to create images with a very shallow depth of field. This will create a blurred background and a very sharp subject.

In this example below I was using a 85mm  portrait lens at f2.8. I could have photographed this cat at f2.0 which would have resulted in an even more blurred background and even shallower depth of field or I could have used f4.0 which would have given me more depth of field. I suggest you try several f stops and then decide which one pleases your eye the most.

As always, enjoy your photography!

PS: This young cat is ready for adoption. If you know a good home, please email me frgolz@yahoo.com

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