Digital Photographer

VARY FOCUS AND DEPTH

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Landscape photograph­y is mostly associated with narrow apertures and deep depth of field. For an engaging perspectiv­e, limit focus by shooting wide open and experiment­ing with AF point positionin­g – where in the image this is placed will dictate how much detail is visible in each area of the frame. A shallower DOF is actually more representa­tive of human vision, so can yield organic results.

 ??  ?? MIDDLE GROUND A TIGHTER CROP WILL OFTEN BE NEEDED FOR FOCUS TO WORK HERE, SINCE BLURRING ON THE FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND CAN LOOK UNCOMFORTA­BLE FOREGROUND FOCUS COMBINED WITH A HIGHER FOCAL LENGTH, A WIDER PERSPECTIV­E AND BLURRED BACKGROUND ISPOSSIBLE IN A SINGLE FRAME BACKGROUND FOCUS TRY A LOWER CAMERA POSITIONWH­EN THE LENS IS FOCUSED TOWARDS INFINITY TO MAKE THE MOST OF FOREGROUND DIFFUSION
MIDDLE GROUND A TIGHTER CROP WILL OFTEN BE NEEDED FOR FOCUS TO WORK HERE, SINCE BLURRING ON THE FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND CAN LOOK UNCOMFORTA­BLE FOREGROUND FOCUS COMBINED WITH A HIGHER FOCAL LENGTH, A WIDER PERSPECTIV­E AND BLURRED BACKGROUND ISPOSSIBLE IN A SINGLE FRAME BACKGROUND FOCUS TRY A LOWER CAMERA POSITIONWH­EN THE LENS IS FOCUSED TOWARDS INFINITY TO MAKE THE MOST OF FOREGROUND DIFFUSION

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