Missing the tail.. (Page 2): If your aperture is wide open your DOF becomes very short. So short in fact that the virtually everything behind this pretty pups nose is out. No surprise...

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

AndiS wrote:

Wanted bokeh, but the tail is also gone missing.
What have I done wrong...?.
Thank you, Andi

If your aperture is wide open your DOF becomes very short. So short in fact that the virtually everything behind this pretty pups nose is out. No surprise there.

Try again with a smaller aperture to increase your DOF.

AndiS Loc: Jakarta, Tangerang Selatan & Bali, Indonesia

jeep_daddy wrote:

You used f/2; try again at f/11 and see what happens. It's best you see for yourself so that you know the effects of different aperture settings.

Thanks jeep_daddy,
Regards, Andi

AndiS Loc: Jakarta, Tangerang Selatan & Bali, Indonesia

jimmya wrote:

If your aperture is wide open your DOF becomes very short. So short in fact that the virtually everything behind this pretty pups nose is out. No surprise there.

Try again with a smaller aperture to increase your DOF.

Thank you jimmya,
Regards, Andi

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

AndiS wrote:

Wanted bokeh, but the tail is also gone missing.
What have I done wrong...?.
Thank you, Andi

If you wanted the tail to show more detail, just use a smaller aperture, 'til you like what you see (in your viewfinder)!

AndiS Loc: Jakarta, Tangerang Selatan & Bali, Indonesia

speters wrote:

If you wanted the tail to show more detail, just use a smaller aperture, 'til you like what you see (in your viewfinder)!

Yes speters,
I've got it now....
Thanks :thumbup:

henrycrafter Loc: Orem Utah

Looking from the nose-jaw-ear back I would say that the issue is definitely depth of field.

I believe that if you can adjust your aperture to f11,f16, or f22 It will greatly enhance the DOF.

In my humble opinion of course

AndiS Loc: Jakarta, Tangerang Selatan & Bali, Indonesia

jeep_daddy wrote:

You used f/2; try again at f/11 and see what happens. It's best you see for yourself so that you know the effects of different aperture settings.

Thank you jeep_daddy,
We'll do it again and again until I get things right....
Regards,
Andi.

AndiS Loc: Jakarta, Tangerang Selatan & Bali, Indonesia

henrycrafter wrote:

Looking from the nose-jaw-ear back I would say that the issue is definitely depth of field.

I believe that if you can adjust your aperture to f11,f16, or f22 It will greatly enhance the DOF.

In my humble opinion of course

Thank you henrycrafter,
Yes, as everyone said, I should have set the aperture to the f/11 and above...
I'll do it again and again to get it right.
Regards,
Andi

Gobuster Loc: South Florida

AndiS wrote:

Thank you for your advice GENorkus.

It's not my dog, though, I just took an advantage taking her pic in about 3 feet away using a 50mm prime lens.

Yes, I am thinking of buying a telephoto lens for my D7000 later. Considering the price, what would be a decent third party telephoto lens for me to start of with?.

Cheers,
Andi

As to your telephoto lens question, it would help if you gave a range of the focal lengths you are considering. For an all in one type lens, the Nikon 18-300 VR is hard to beat on a crop sensor camera like the D7000. If you plan to ever go full frame, the FX 28-300 would be a better choice.

AndiS Loc: Jakarta, Tangerang Selatan & Bali, Indonesia

Thank you Gobuster,
I might upgrade to FX, the recommended lens is noted.
Regards, Andi

Gobuster wrote:

As to your telephoto lens question, it would help if you gave a range of the focal lengths you are considering. For an all in one type lens, the Nikon 18-300 VR is hard to beat on a crop sensor camera like the D7000. If you plan to ever go full frame, the FX 28-300 would be a better choice.

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Just went over this entire thread to see if I missed something. Turn out I didn't. Nowhere is the distance to the subject mentioned. If very close the DOF is razor thin at any F-stop. Therefore you must be far enough away form the doggy so that the nose to tail numbers fall within the DOF.

AndiS Loc: Jakarta, Tangerang Selatan & Bali, Indonesia

boberic wrote:

Just went over this entire thread to see if I missed something. Turn out I didn't. Nowhere is the distance to the subject mentioned. If very close the DOF is razor thin at any F-stop. Therefore you must be far enough away form the doggy so that the nose to tail numbers fall within the DOF.

Thank you boberic,
Regards, Andi

SonyBug

Meives wrote:

I don't use bokeh, but by increasing the ISO to 400 or 800 or more you can stop down the aperture and get a large DOF (depth of field). David F 2 is as open as you can get. 1/640 shutter speed is a bit fast unless the dog is moving.

Meives, how can you not use bokeh as it occurs naturally based on depth of field, which is in turn based on aperture? To reduce the blur, make the aperture smaller, as in a larger number.