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Focus on a near object or person.
2.
Have a recognizable distant background that is not too far away.
3.
You will have one picture (Depth of Field) with the foreground subject
and the background in acceptable focus and the second picture (Selective
Focus) with the exact same scene with the foreground subject in
focus and the background out of focus.
4.
You will print two 5x7 prints, you do not need to turn in a test
strip or a contact strip for this assignment however you should
make the test strip and analysis the pictures prior to printing
from your contact sheet.
5. Both prints should be the same size, image cropping and tone
value.
6.
The distance range of acceptable focus or depth of field is controled
by the aperature opening. The wider the aperature lens opening the
smaller the amount of distance range in acceptable focus, the smaller
the aperature lens opening the larger the distance range in acceptable
focus.
7.
Exposure suggestions for sunny day:
Depth
of Field - Sunny Day
shutter
speed 1/125 at an aperature of fll, or 1/250 at f8
Selective
Focus
shutter
speed 1/500 at f5.6, or 1/1000 at f4
8.
Note you will not see the difference in your camera as you change
the f-stops, unless you have a Depth-of-Field Preview Button.
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