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<blockquote data-quote="skater" data-source="post: 501699" data-attributes="member: 19158"><p>You're doing the right thing by having the aperture wide open, but you need to use a lens with a shorter focal length to make it happen. Which one were you using? If it was the 50mm, try the 35mm.</p><p></p><p>Basically, a wider aperture shortens the area in which something will be in focus. Did that make sense? Imagine a ball a few feet from you. With a narrow aperture, the ball and everything around it will be in focus. With a wide aperture, a smaller part of the picture will be in focus, so presumably you'd focus on the ball and everything around it would be blurry.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure if your 18-55 will have a wide enough aperture to create the effect you're looking for. You may need a different lens than you have in your kit (or, at least, than you have in your signature).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skater, post: 501699, member: 19158"] You're doing the right thing by having the aperture wide open, but you need to use a lens with a shorter focal length to make it happen. Which one were you using? If it was the 50mm, try the 35mm. Basically, a wider aperture shortens the area in which something will be in focus. Did that make sense? Imagine a ball a few feet from you. With a narrow aperture, the ball and everything around it will be in focus. With a wide aperture, a smaller part of the picture will be in focus, so presumably you'd focus on the ball and everything around it would be blurry. I'm not sure if your 18-55 will have a wide enough aperture to create the effect you're looking for. You may need a different lens than you have in your kit (or, at least, than you have in your signature). [/QUOTE]
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