tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7868522433690727256.post3395916727663876850..comments2023-08-21T06:24:53.631-07:00Comments on Short Sights at Noon: Bokeh BladesTales from the Birch Wood.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427603252937311851noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7868522433690727256.post-33432643545366115122008-03-19T14:31:00.000-07:002008-03-19T14:31:00.000-07:00Many thanks for such detailed instructions.One tip...Many thanks for such detailed instructions.<BR/>One tip is to edit your photo with the software that comes with the Canon Digital Rebel. Bokehs are often hidden in the background and all it needs it a bit of exploration to find them. Irfanview can be useful as well. It's trial and error, but if I can see how I go about it, I'll post in about a fortnight's time.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to take a good, long rest from photography, as seed sowing time has hit Dublin.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, have a<BR/>Great Easter.Tales from the Birch Wood.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15427603252937311851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7868522433690727256.post-76276212253362555072008-03-19T14:23:00.000-07:002008-03-19T14:23:00.000-07:00If you take a look at my long exposure shots and a...If you take a look at <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishiwerebaking/tags/longexposure/" REL="nofollow">my long exposure shots</A> and at <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishiwerebaking/tags/shortexposure/" REL="nofollow">my short exposure shots</A> you'll see what I mean about the differences. It's not so dramatic in these, because I was using a 'slow' lens, and because I didn't have much light to work with (it being night, as you'll see if you look at the other shots I got around the same time).<BR/><BR/>Short exposure (wide aperture) is particularly evident, though, in shots like <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishiwerebaking/2341384920/" REL="nofollow">this</A>, where the bread roll that's all of 2 inches behind is way out of focus, and also in <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishiwerebaking/2317676129/" REL="nofollow">this</A>, where the entire background drops out to nothing, and even some of the basil leaves are fading away into blur.<BR/><BR/>It gives you a very shallow depth of field.<BR/><BR/>I know - way more than you wanted to have show up in your comments.<BR/><BR/>I still haven't managed to catch a bokeh.David T. Macknethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074123750929335716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7868522433690727256.post-35762392186338090482008-03-19T12:02:00.000-07:002008-03-19T12:02:00.000-07:00You'll make sense of it if you do the following:- ...You'll make sense of it if you do the following:<BR/><BR/>- Shift your camera over to Av.<BR/>- Half-press the button, to bring the scene into focus (a flower is good).<BR/>- Spin the wheel that's right next to the shutter-release button & you'll see some numbers change (through the viewfinder).<BR/>- Spin the wheel as far as it'll go in one direction without the 'not enough light' thing blinking and take a shot.<BR/>- Now, go through the same process, but spin it the other way until you get the warning blink, then take THAT shot.<BR/><BR/>What you'll have is a shot at the smallest aperture value you can get, which will bring out all the background, and you'll have a shot at the widest aperture value, which will blur out the background.<BR/><BR/>The narrow aperture is subject to your hands shaking, of course, where the wide aperture isn't so much, and is great for flowers & people. The narrow aperture is great for landscapes & if you want to get people in front of something.<BR/><BR/>It's my favorite thing, these days, to drop out the background, particularly when I'm shooting food or flowers.<BR/><BR/>I'm shooting most of the time using Av rather than P, on the little selector wheel, mostly because I can control things like this.<BR/><BR/>Tv is to control the time, which is helpful as well - it's just controlling the other side of the see-saw. Av lets you control aperture & the computer control Time, Tv lets you control time & the computer control Aperture.<BR/><BR/>Fully manual lets you control both, and I haven't gone there yet. :)David T. Macknethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074123750929335716noreply@blogger.com