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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joseph Bautsch" data-source="post: 8779" data-attributes="member: 654"><p>In the first shot it looks like a lack of depth of field is the problem. The camera focused on the fingers and the depth of field quickly fell off putting the face out of focus. This will happen when you focus at the or near the minimum focusing distance of the lens (3 ft.) in combination with a large aperture opening (f/1.8 ?). (You were probably still a little too close as the fingers are not quite in focus.) In the second shot there was enough depth of field to put the subject in focus. You can see just how shallow the DOF is by the out of focus foreground and the out of focus background. Controlling the depth of field is not that difficult if you understand the elements that affect it and how they work. Refer to my blog on Depth of Field Primer for a more detailed explanation.</p></blockquote><p></p>