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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 204049" data-attributes="member: 4923">I think the background is as blurry as its going to get in both shots. That is why no real difference.  Your lens is focusing wide open, so what you see in the viewfinder is as   blurry as its ever going to be. The background in the final image may be more in focus  depending on the actual f-stop shot, but you will never get more blur than you see in the viewfinder.  Try the shot at 55mm and back up from the stone a little  bit. You might get more background blur that way. Just to clarify, if you are shooting  at f32, your actual dof will be  greater (more stuff in focus) than what you see in the  viewfinder. I  don't know off-hand if the d5100 has a depth of field  preview feature. A DOF preview stops the lens down so you can see  through the  viewfinder what the actual dof will be.</blockquote>