If you are shooting a portrait with the backdrop being a gorgeous landscape that you want to be sharp. How can you get both sharp? I have set my autofocus to spot and focused on the eye, and it's sharp, but now the background isn't as sharp as I want it. It seems like a never ending back and forth.
I'm about to just take the sharp eyes and make a composite with an image that has a sharp background. Would appreciate any tips.
If the first, this was for for exposure measurement
and if the second it was choosing one focus point between others.
Both has nothing to do with depth of field you ask for.
If you choose an aperture with low number (2,8 or less) you will have a small depth of field
(only a small part of the image is sharp)
and if you choose a high number (16 or 22) you will get a great depth of field - that what you wanted.
You need to get and study Bryan Peterson's Understanding Exposure. It sounds as if you are not yet fully competent with the elements of the exposure triangle, especially aperture.
And for what ti's worth, if your subject it the background, you don't need a person in the shot, up close. If your subject is a person that is up close, the background doesn't need to be in focus. Otherwise, you need to back way up.
garyrhook wrote: You need to get and study Bryan Peterson's Understanding Exposure. It sounds as if you are not yet fully competent with the elements of the exposure triangle, especially aperture.
And for what ti's worth, if your subject it the background, you don't need a person in the shot, up close. If your subject is a person that is up close, the background doesn't need to be in focus. Otherwise, you need to back way up.
One of the best books on photography. That and Scott Kelby's Digital Photography set too
Ulrich Brodde wrote: Did you use "Spot", symbolized by this
or this
If the first, this was for for exposure measurement
and if the second it was choosing one focus point between others.
Both has nothing to do with depth of field you ask for.
If you choose an aperture with low number (2,8 or less) you will have a small depth of field
(only a small part of the image is sharp)
and if you choose a high number (16 or 22) you will get a great depth of field - that what you wanted.
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