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<blockquote data-quote="Slipperman" data-source="post: 627634" data-attributes="member: 14707">kind of embarrassed to ask this since it seems like a rookie question (who knows, maybe i am) but i've been seeing a lot of beautiful tack-sharp landscapes mostly on this forum but also on others where the aperture was set to f8 or f9. that confuses me because my impression was if you want greater depth of field (as you would in a landscape) you need to use a higher aperture like f18 or 22 (narrow opening) whereas for something up close like a macro you need a smaller number like f2.5-5.0. so how is it Mr Gerad Coles came with this terrific shot?..<a href="https://flic.kr/p/ak6B5m" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6079/6123317888_5f920a7aa1_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/ak6B5m" target="_blank">Wide Morning Glory at Bow Lake</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gcoles/" target="_blank">Gerad Coles</a>, on Flickrnotice the f9 aperture and the 50mm focal length (click on link). one thing i've noticed in most of these pics i've seen is that they were shot with a Canon EOS 5D which makes me wonder since it is not a pro-level camera. just saying..just trying to learn and become better</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Slipperman, post: 627634, member: 14707"] kind of embarrassed to ask this since it seems like a rookie question (who knows, maybe i am) but i've been seeing a lot of beautiful tack-sharp landscapes mostly on this forum but also on others where the aperture was set to f8 or f9. that confuses me because my impression was if you want greater depth of field (as you would in a landscape) you need to use a higher aperture like f18 or 22 (narrow opening) whereas for something up close like a macro you need a smaller number like f2.5-5.0. so how is it Mr Gerad Coles came with this terrific shot?.. [URL="https://flic.kr/p/ak6B5m"][IMG]https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6079/6123317888_5f920a7aa1_z.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL="https://flic.kr/p/ak6B5m"]Wide Morning Glory at Bow Lake[/URL] by [URL="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gcoles/"]Gerad Coles[/URL], on Flickr notice the f9 aperture and the 50mm focal length (click on link). one thing i've noticed in most of these pics i've seen is that they were shot with a Canon EOS 5D which makes me wonder since it is not a pro-level camera. just saying.. just trying to learn and become better [/QUOTE]

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