APERTURE

LARGE APERTURE: 

Having a large aperture gives shallow depths of field, the smaller the f number the larger the aperture (for example, f2.8 or f4.5). These photos were taken with no tripod just hand-held but zoomed in at 45mm. This photo of the fence was taken with a high aperture of f5 meaning that the background is very blurred however the foreground, is very in focus and has a sharp image. The other image of the flower was taken with an aperture of f5.6, as you can see the yellow flower is very much in focus compared to the background.

APERTURE f5

APERTURE f5.6

SMALL APERTURE: 

However, for smaller apertures to give a wide depth of field, the larger the number the smaller the aperture (for instance f18-f32).The small aperture is best used in landscape photography as everything in the photo needs to be sharp and clean. These photos were taken with no tripod just hand-held but with a zoom of 35mm-45mm. The photo of the coke bottle was taken with a very small aperture of f32 creating a very sharp image in the foreground as well as the background unlike the previous photos. The second photo of the 5mph street sign was also shot with a f32 aperture to make the sign in focus as well as the background building.

APERTURE f32

APERTUREf32