This weeks assignment as a part of working through “The Visual Toolbox” was to work on isolating elements in a scene by adjusting aperture. Specifically,we were to experiment and take note of the depth of field while shooting with our aperture wide open, half way closed, and then all the way closed down. (This is very similar to the images the toy train shown in the aperture tutorial.)
Additionally, we were to take note of where the depth of field begins and where it ends as depth of field tends to drop off quickly on the front end (closest to the lens) but taper off at the back end (deeper in the scene).
For this assignment I opted to use my 35mm lens as it is my fastest lens with an aperture opening of f/1.4. The images below were shot at apertures f/1.4, f/6.3, and f/16.
