Comments on: Where to Focus in Landscape Photography

By: mtberfrombothell

mtberfrombothell — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:00:11 +0000

I’ve read in a book this technique that I would like to share. I tried it and it works really well.

1. Find out the sharpest aperture on your lens. In my case f/16 shows the sharpest. i almost always use this as my aperture for landscape.
2. I focus on the nearest object that i want in focus. For example the focusing window shows 5 ft.
3. i then focus on the farthest object that i want in focus. For example it is at infinity.
4. I manually set the focusing distance midway between the 5 ft. mark and infinity.
5. I then take the shot.

Try it out and see if it works for you. It works for me really well. I normally focus on the closest object with some good result but I found the technique above better.

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By: Andrew sawers

Andrew sawers — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:20:01 +0000

I am very much a started with a basic DSLR(eos 450d), but this is fainting stuff. I am looking for some assistance as to types of lenses to purchase etc, so I will
Be reading all night. I revelry spent some time in New York and took some landscap photography. Perfect centre but blurred to edges. Building lines at bottom left leading out to middle right(furthers part). The further right very blurred. Any help?

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:44:17 +0000

Liozou – you are quite simply wrong. in my examply of a 17mm lens focused at 1m would result by your understanding of a depth of field from 66cm ot 1.66m. Quite clearly this is wrong.

See myth number 14:
http://www.mhohner.de/essays/myths.php

Or try it for yourself

By: Loizou Andreas

Loizou Andreas — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:45:14 +0000

The image is divided into three parts. 1/3 of the distance in front of the focal point and 2/3 behind the focal point will be in focus that’s why we focus on the 1/3 of the image. This happenes at every f stop you have. If the f is lets say 3 the 1/3 and the 2/3 which will be in focus won’t be much of a distance but if your f is 17 then the 1/3 and the2/3 is a lot.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:17:43 +0000

Greg wrote:

Depth of field extends 1/3 in front and 2/3. This is why focusing 1/3 into the frame can work so well.

Not true at all. Ratios change with subject distance, focal length, and aperture. For exmple using a 17mm lens on a full frame camera gives focused at 1m gives a depth of field from 46cm to infinity.

And not the point of the article was not to suggest focussing 1/3 into the scene rather focus on whatever is 1/3 from the bottom of the view finder. Those may be two very different things depending on the scene.

By: ratkellar

ratkellar — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:48:13 +0000

A fine rule of thumb. My solution to such problems is always to take multiple photos with various f-stops, focal points, etc. The glory of digital!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:05:12 +0000

I’ve tried using this technique before, and using it successfully is very dependent on what type of landscape you are shooting. I believe that one of the success criteria is to have a fairly closed aperture… f/11 or smaller. Many times, this will cut out too much light, necessitating a tripod… but I guess you should probably be using a tripod for landscape photography anyway…

By: Adler Chalk

Adler Chalk — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:45:10 +0000

This is a great starting point. Give it a try.

By: Quazi Ahmed Hussain

Quazi Ahmed Hussain — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:37:12 +0000

I read a bit about hyperfocal focusing but it’s not clear to me. Particularly, unsure how to hyperfocus with my Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM on my Canon EOS 50D. Tips are humbly invited.