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Beginner’s Guide: – Focus & Infinity – Understanding Lenses

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Infinity Focus When it comes to focal length and focus, is…

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Categorized as Beginner's GuideTagged aperture, depth of field, DOF, focal length, focus, hyperfocal distance, infinity focus, sharpness

Arguing for Aperture – Understanding Lenses

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I am a fan of the semi-automatic modes and when I…

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Categorized as Landscape photographyTagged aperture, Av - Aperture Priority, communication, compensation, depth of field, DOF, f/14, f/2.8, f/22, focal length, focus, hyperfocal distance, macro, portrait, sharpness, visual depth

Advantages of a prime lens for composition

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Prime lenses are lenses with a fixed focal length. This article looks at the advantages of photographing with a fixed focal length. Choosing the correct focal length is important for effective composition.

Categorized as Cameras & Lenses, Landscape photographyTagged composition, Crop, fixed focal length, focal length, lens, lenses, perspective, prime lens, ratio, telephoto, wide angle, zoom

Landscape composition – the story of the 3 grounds

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Considering a photo as a story can be useful if you are careful to show how the elements of a scene relate to each other. This post looks at how background, foreground and middle ground can make a landscape photograph.

Categorized as Landscape photographyTagged backgrounds, composition, DOF, focal length, foreground, middle ground, rules of composition

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