http://www.digital-photography-school.com/this-week-in-the-digital-photography-school-forums-26 Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.digital-photography-school.com/this-week-in-the-digital-photography-school-forums-26/comment-page-1#comment-21106 Ron Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:23:08 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/this-week-in-the-digital-photography-school-forums-26/#comment-21106 Requirements for depth of field are determined by the type of photography one does. In portraiture, I focus on the eye using a large aperture. Often the eye is tack sharp but the ear is at least slightly fuzzy. doing landscapes is the opposite, I want the entire frame in focus and use the smaller lens openings. Other types of pictures (natures, still life, etc.) fall somewhere between these extremes. One should be aware that at either of the two ranges (smaller and larger openings) lens design might be detrimental to sharpness of even the in focus portion of the picture. And, as with any other rule, especially in photography, sometimes they are there only so we may break them under certain circumstances. Requirements for depth of field are determined by the type of photography one does. In portraiture, I focus on the eye using a large aperture. Often the eye is tack sharp but the ear is at least slightly fuzzy. doing landscapes is the opposite, I want the entire frame in focus and use the smaller lens openings. Other types of pictures (natures, still life, etc.) fall somewhere between these extremes. One should be aware that at either of the two ranges (smaller and larger openings) lens design might be detrimental to sharpness of even the in focus portion of the picture. And, as with any other rule, especially in photography, sometimes they are there only so we may break them under certain circumstances.

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