What is Depth of Field ?
Depth of field is typically a photography term which refers to the distance between the nearest and farthest points of your image focus. In photography, depth of field refers to the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image. It usually varies depending on camera type, aperture and focusing distance, although print size and viewing distance can also influence our perception of depth of field.
What is lager Depth of Field ?
Although there can only be one exact distance from a lens that is properly in focus, it is common to say that objects, say, 10 feet away to 20 feet away are all in focus (because they are not wildly out of focus). But if you reduce the lens aperture then you may increase this depth of field from 10 - 20 feet to 5 to 50 feet. So you are focussing a bit nearer and a bit further. The depth of
field is said to have got greater.
field is said to have got greater.
What is Small Depth of Field ?
A small depth of field is often used to blur the background and reduce distractions from the main subject of the image.