YES! DOF Success - Young Life Guitar

DGMPhotography · Jan 4, 2013

So I put my guitar down on the pseudo-wooden floor, set my focal length to 55mm, and took some shots! Thanks to you guys I realized why I was never getting shallow DOF, and that was because I almost always have my focal length at 18mm, so here we go! What do you think?

Thanks!

thetrue · Jan 4, 2013

Not super shallow, but quite nice! I think you ALMOST got the DoF you've been looking for. You really should get a lens with a wider aperture. Then you'll see what you've been looking for!

DGMPhotography · Jan 4, 2013

Yeah, I know it's not that shallow, but it's definitely more than I was getting before, and I like it - especially for this shot. I will get a better lens as soon as I can/have the money! Haha, I don't want to get a cheap lens that has horrible bokeh. I was looking at different lenses and saw just how terribly bad bokeh can affect your photo so I have to make sure to get the right one

thetrue · Jan 4, 2013

Uh oh, KmH is going to whip you for using that word! Definitely understand the "waiting for photo fund to build up" game!

DGMPhotography · Jan 4, 2013

Hey, I used it correctly didn't I? I'm talking about the quality of bokeh that the lens has. Aperture blades and what not.

EIngerson · Jan 4, 2013

DGM,

Try coming down from F-8 to F-5.7 that your lens allows. Then focus on the bridge pegs at full zoom. Try Aperture priority and make sure to use single point focus. Cool shot, but I think you'll see better DOF going shallower as stated above. Enjoy, it's looking good.

Frequency · Jan 4, 2013

Could have avoided the shoulder strap; it distracts especially in two; further the green reflection is not that helping; even then i like them

DGMPhotography · Jan 4, 2013

Yeah, my surroundings were kind of annoying, I noticed the reflection too. I fixed it as best I could, but this will just have to do. I think my aperture was at f/5.6, and I did use single point focus. I will have to look into that aperture priority though.

Edsport · Jan 5, 2013

DGMPhotography said:
Yeah, my surroundings were kind of annoying, I noticed the reflection too. I fixed it as best I could, but this will just have to do. I think my aperture was at f/5.6, and I did use single point focus. I will have to look into that aperture priority though.

The aperture on the 2nd photo is F8...