Hi, how to have shallow depth of field for portrait photo during day / night time. What are the settings. I know must have big aperture but i can't get it right. Only when taking small objects at near distance then can. Any tips? Btw, I'm using D40.
Hi, how to have shallow depth of field for portrait photo during day / night time. What are the settings. I know must have big aperture but i can't get it right. Only when taking small objects at near distance then can. Any tips? Btw, I'm using D40.
DOF is affected by:
1) Aperture
2) Focal Length
3) Subject-to-lens distance
use max zoom, let's say 70-200 ( u choose 200)
then biggest aperture, meaning f3.5-f5.6, you choose f3.5
use max zoom, let's say 70-200 ( u choose 200)
then biggest aperture, meaning f3.5-f5.6, you choose f3.5
is there even a 70-200 f3.5-5.6?
and if he chooses 200mm, max aperture is 5.6
not referring to the same lens just asking him to choose the max focal length + use wide open to achieve as much bokeh as possible.
sorry if it was confusing
Merry X'mas, thanks for all the replies...i got it...just zoom in and use wide aperture....got a lot to learn...
and CoC (Circle of Confusion) also determine DoF.and also subject-to-background distance.