Rob Stokes Photography

Index

1. Camera's Used Here

2. Videos

3. HD Photography

4. Astrophotography - Stars and moon

5. Birds

6. Depth of Field

OLD POSTS

7. Horses

8. Monochrome

9. Orchestra

10. Scenery

Videos

Video One - Australian National Anthem - Our Anthem

Video Two - Raw Food - Juicing

Video Three - South African Picture Book
Video Four - Family Time

Video Five Click Here - Vegetarian Food Prep

Video Six Click here - Freedom is in Your Hands

Video Seven Click Here - 60's Music - Love the dance steps

Video Eight Click Here - 60's - Boy she can belt out a song ! !

HD Photography

Fuji Pro S5

Aperture F / 4.5

Focal Length 18mm ISO100

Nikon D700

Aperture f /9.0

Focal Length 27mm. ISO 1000

Nikon D700

Aperture f / 11.0

Focal Length 40mm. ISO 800

Nikon D100

Shutter Speed 1 / 800. Aperture f / 6.3

Focal Length 24mm. ISO 400

Nikon D700

Shutter Speed 1 / 200. Aperture f / 11.0

Focal Length 70mm. ISO Speed 100

Fuji-film Pro S5

Shutter Speed 1 / 160. Aperture f / 5.6

Focal length 17mm. ISO Speed 100

Astrophotography

I thought I would experiment with Astro Photography.

I used my old Nikon D100 with a Tamron 70-300mm lens.

Also a two times teleconverter was used bringing the maximum focal length

of the lens to 600mm.

Some samples here

Taken with a long exposure

Long exposure stars move with rotation of the earth

Birds

" What a landing !! "

Fuji-film Pro S5

Shutter Speed 1 / 1500 sec. Aperture f / 8.0.

Focal Length 300mm. ISO 800

" Now all I have to do is get out of here. "

Fuji-film Pro S5

Shutter Speed 1 / 320 sec. Aperture f / 8.0

Focal Length 300mm. ISO 100

" Still here ! ! ! "

Fuji-film Pro S5

Shutter Speed 1 / 320 sec. Aperture f / 8.0

Focal Length 300mm. ISO 100

On this page you can see how the aperture size of the lens affects the depth of field of a photograph.

In our photo here the flower is in focus as well as the branches around it. Shot with a 105mm Lens with an aperture set at f /8.0

In our next photo is the same scene shot with a 105mm lens

but with an aperture set at f / 2.8. You can see the wider aperture narrows the depth of field, thus

drawing the viewers eye to the flower in the centre.

This shot of a frozen model was shot with a 70mm lens. A fairly wide aperture - f /4.0 - was used, blurring out the background but keeping the depth of field just right to keep the whole face in focus.

Below here another shot, "Getting Ready for the Concert". This shot was taken with a 135mm lens with an aperture of F / 7.1 Although the lens was stronger than the one used above, thus narrowing the depth of field, the smaller aperture of F / 7 made the depth of field a little wider. If shot at F / 4 the background would have been more out of focus.

On the last photo the cat was shot with a 70mm lens with an aperture of f / 2.8 . If a smaller aperture was used the cats ears would have been in focus too

Click on the links below to see more on depth of field.

Click Here For - Aperture Settings

Click Here For - Camera Exposure

Click Here For - Depth of Field