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Naudé Wessels from Swellendam’s photo
“Staan bietjie soontoe!“ made him August’s
first place winner of R1 000.
RELEVANT
Photo competition
What is depth of field?
U
nderstanding depth of field is one of the first big hurdles in
photography. A camera can only focus its lens at a single
point, but there will be an area that stretches in front of and
behind this focus point that still appears sharp. This zone is
known as the depth of field.
Depth of field has an impact on both the aesthetic and technical
quality of a picture. Sometimes you’ll want to use an extensive
depth of field in order to keep everything sharp. A classic example is
when you’re photographing a landscape, where generally the most
desirable outcome is to capture detail from the foreground to the
horizon. Other times, a shallow depth of field will be preferable. It
enables you to blur background and foreground details, causing
distractions to melt away and allowing you to direct viewers to the
focal point in a picture.
Read more on the internet about depth
of field and practice getting it right this
month.
Source:
www.digitalcameraworld.com.SA GRAAN/GRAIN
EDITORIAL STAFF
In third place is Chris Groenewald from Riviersonderend with his photo
“Die vreugde om elke dag in die natuur te werk”.
Elsabe Keogh’s photo “Doseertyd op die plaas” scored a second place.
She is from Heilbron.
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