Assigment Submissions January Aperture

[F, Calla & Luca]

Please post your January submission here. other comment about the assingment can go in the original discussion.

[F, Calla & Luca]

Barbara, no pictures here.

[Barbara]

f/4.5 & f/22..........
Barbara & Doodle

[F, Calla & Luca]

I see the difference clearly!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I see the difference in the background. I keep flipping from one the the other and I think that the f22 one is sharper on the doodle but they both are so good.

[F, Calla & Luca]

It is the background focus that will change with the aperture (different depth of field) not really the focal point, i.e. the doodle.

[Diane Margetts]

Very nice--I love the 4.5 . . .

[Eva]

I can see the difference too! whoooo hooooo

[F, Calla & Luca]

For future reference if people post the pictures right in the reply it is easier to see and compare them. There are instructions in the Extra tab.

[Adina P]

It's the darn "Upload Files" option that throws everyone off. But can't get rid of it and it's useful when sharing a word or excel document.

[F, Calla & Luca]

After heroic efforts I managed to change the aperture, have a doodle patient enough to pose and consider returning the d... camera. Here's Luca!
F5.6

F22 All else the same

Clearly adjusting the exposure time would have helped but I think confused the issue. So one is relatively sharp foreground & mid range, and background is visible and under exposed. The first has a relatively clear foreground only and is overexposed.
Lesson learned, you need to change more than just the aperture : )

[Diane Margetts]

Actually, the first pic is very nice doesn't really look over exposed to me--so much of photography is in the eye of the beholder!! I agree that the second is underexposed.
. . . Now my problem was when I shot the second pic with a smaller aperture, my shutter remained open longer to compensate and as a result, my images blurred from camera shake because the shutter speed had to be slower than the image stabilization could accomodate -- does that make any sense? So, I have to do my assignment in adequate lighting becase the only flash I have is the one built into my camera which is not enough for like f18 or more in low light . . .

[Sue]

Maybe you could have upped the ISO on your camera to compensate for lower light.