I’ve rarely seen an easy to understand explanation of how the aperture and distance to the subject affect the depth-of-field in our images. When I started to think about how I would explain this, I started to understand why, because it wasn’t easy to do this in a simple way,...
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13 Comments
Rob
Posted at 14:50h, 10 SeptemberThis is my favorite blog. The diagrams are great and I appreciate you taking the time to make them. Now it’s in print version for easy reference. Thanks Martin!
Rob
Martin Bailey
Posted at 18:09h, 10 SeptemberThanks Rob. I’m pleased this was useful.
Rick
Posted at 02:21h, 14 SeptemberNice job Martin – It’s fun to see what I think I know about depth of field in a new light. Help’s me to understand it even more. And by the way, nice diagrams for MS Word…
Rick
Posted at 02:24h, 14 SeptemberOh dang, I clicked submit before I checked the gravatar box.
Martin Bailey
Posted at 22:37h, 14 SeptemberThanks Rick. It was a lot of fun creating those diagrams in MS Word, I can tell you. 🙂
Those Gravatars are pretty cool, but take a little bit of setting up initially. Once done though, you start to pop up all over the Internet! 🙂
Steve
Posted at 03:51h, 06 AugustMartin,
You are the man. Seriously. And thanks for making it so accessible. This is the best explanation that I have seen on the web. Thanks for your time and effort to put this together.
Cheers,
Steve
Mayline
Posted at 00:43h, 14 NovemberThank you so much for the explanation!!
Your diagrams made it very clear!
Cheers!
Mayline
Martin Bailey
Posted at 15:20h, 14 NovemberThanks Mayline! I’m pleased this was helpful.
Thanks Steve too for the comment! I’m sorry I missed this for so long. It somehow slipped off my radar.
Cheers,
Martin.