I love playing with aperture and depth of field. For some reason when I was learning to use my SLR my understanding of aperture came pretty readily. I didn't have as much success with shutter speed. I understood the concept but it took me a long time before I could get the settings the way I wanted them. I recently bought a new box of crayons specifically for photo practice so I decided they'd be a great way to play with depth of field. I'm not sure what I'll do with the photos, but they may come in handy for a layout or something some day. I had a good time regardless.
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f/1.4
There's not much difference in aperture here but just the slight change puts more crayons in focus in the first photo.
We had a great day today. We took a good friend sailing, and it was perfect weather for it. I'm really a fair weather sailor. I don't like the water to be too rough, and I don't like to be cold. The winds were coming out of the south today so it was just wonderful.
Another pet peeve of mine is all the motor boats that create large wakes and make our little sailboat (one of the smallest on Lake Ontario) tip and bump. Today this sailboat in the distance was about our only company. Fine with me!
And one last photo for today for Amy. The stuffed zucchini was excellent. Tracy is a very reluctant zucchini eater unless it comes in the form of bread or cake. Even he ate all of his and said he'd be willing to have it again. It's not a great photo because I forgot to take the photo until we'd already dug into it. Thanks for the suggestion, Amy, we'll be having it again.
