Photo quality

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Your next conundrum will be how to get a good focal depth of field... (I'll try to post an example)

This is a VERY exaggerated example of deep and shallow depth of field. The first photo has almost everything in focus from a few inches into the photo to the back of the room. The second picture, on the other hand has a focal window about 8" deep.

Depth of field is controlled by your aperture - the smaller it is, the greater the depth of field. The first picture is taken at f16 with a shutter speed of 1.3 seconds. The second was f1.4 (wide open!) @ 1/160th of a second. Big apertures are great for action shots or low light, but don't help in making model trains look "real"

Isn't this neat? (obviously, I'm still learning!)

Matt