Landscapes and General Shots
Often you are required to take general shots of either the site or trench or th
surrounding landscape. It sounds easy and an automatic setting should tak
care of most situations. But many shots have subjects that are both near an
far from the camera – the trick is to have it all in focus. Too often either th
background or foreground are slightly blurred. To sort this you will have t
increase your depth of field.
To adjust depth of field you will have to be in Aperture Priority mode. This
set by turning the dial to A or in the case of Canon models AV.
Now you can change the f-number, often by scrolling a dial or using up/dow
buttons. You should be able to see the f-number change on the screen.
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A large f-number i.e f16 creates a large depth of field where subjects both
1-This shot has both the foreground subject and the background in sharp focus
near and far will be in focus. Choose the
largest available which will be anything over f8
or even up to f16. (or f32 if your camera has
such a setting)
You can also get a wide depth of field by
zooming out to the widest angle your camera
can go and then add to that a high f-number
will ensure a maximum range in focus.
