Project 3: Focus With Different Apertures

I took a series of photos focusing on the same subject using different apertures. The two photos at the extremes of the available apertures are shown here with the limits of sharpness in each photo drawn with a black line (click on each image to see them full size). In both pictures the camera was focused on the man asleep in the deck chair.


Picture taken at aperture of f/8 with a large depth of field.











Picture taken at aperture of f/4.5 with a smaller depth of field.


Although there is little discernible difference between the photos at first glance I do prefer the one with the shallower depth of field as it draws the eye more to subject asleep in the deck chair.