For the land/city/water scape shooters out there I have a question. With my Zeiss Batis lenses that show the depth of focus I don't have this issue. But increasingly, I am seeing high quality lenses that have no DoF scale and/or minimal distance scales. So what is your process to get both your foreground element and the distant mountains in focus?

I can use an app to get the hyperlocal distance, thus keeping the infinity distant mountains in focus, and read from the app the near side of the DoF. So suppose, the app says focus at 20 yards? Do you guesstimate the 20 yards? Do you use a laser gun to find something that is 20 yards and then AF that point? If you know the hyperfocal point, do you enlarge and manually focus to that point? With a camera that has focus peaking (ie, the sony mirrorless or the new Nikon D850) do you rely on the peaking to show the DoF?

This all assumes I am asking about tripod shooting landscapes. Probably, there are many approaches to this issue and I'd like to learn.
Thanks,
JH

This editorial observation is not directed at any posts on this site, but rather most photography magazines. I have to laugh when I see the technical info about photographs in some magazines. Do I really have to know what model tripod, or Gimbal head was used to hold up the camera that was used to take a picture ? Or is that just pretentious bragging about the photographers expensive equipment ? I also have to wonder about ISO, aperture opening, and shutter speed info.I know you can prioritize or program settings but I'm guessing [of course] that a lot of photographers shooting birds or other unpredictable moving subjects shoot first and look up info later. So it's not like the photographer knew what the camera was shooting at when taking a picture. Like I said this is just my opinion and some might think I don't know what I'm talking about. By the way in addition to my more expensive camera which in keeping with my theme I won't mention I've taken some outstanding photos ,if I do say so myself with a $100 Canon ELF. I used my left hand to hold the camera and my right index finger to click the shutter. Not that you needed to know that technical information.

Hmmm, I wonder what kind of brushes Picasso used.

I use a Nikon D7200 and one of the things that often confuses me is when to use the exposure compensation. I love to take pictures of birds and often have to correct them in post processing. As with this type of photos sharpness in the details is important. I realize that exposure compensation is used to prevent some highlights from blowing out but when I am looking at a scene before I take the picture I am never sure if this is a plus or minus situation. I sure could use a little guidance with exposure compensation.

Hello everyone! I am new to the forum, though I was recommended this page to get any help I may need. I am a high school student taking a photography class, so I obviously don't know as much as you. It would be great to get answers!! Haha.

Long story short, when I take pictures, I get either glowing, or faint circles in my photographs. This happens with my Canon digital camera (pretty sure it is a 35mm), and my small (and old) Nikon camera (I have to check, but I think it is 16mm). This is not water on the lens, fingerprints, or anything on the glass. I don't know what this is...

Also, the photo that I posted was NOT taken with flash... So this is not flash photography. They dont appear in every picture, and only sometimes. THIS IS NOT MY PHOTOGRAPH, because the photos I had wouldn't upload to my computer... But these circles are the same as the ones in my photos. I will see if I can get my original photos up soon.
Thanks for listening and hopefully answering me!!

-Mia