First Day of Spring 2013 in Oaks, PA

The economy is still crawling along. Nonetheless, spring arrived this morning with not so much as a fair-thee-well. 

I thought I would grab a couple of photographs of the home improvement store in Oaks. They have been geared up for spring since the beginning of March. 

The weather has been capricious with quite a bit of snow and rain this month. Still, there was a phalanx of riding movers in front of the store ready and awaiting commands.

Unlike their walk behind snow throwers that just a few weeks earlier stood at attention in the very spot these sexy machines now stand, the brightly colored seductive seats of these beauties beckon the passerby to climb atop them, sink into their folds and give them a little bounce.

That should get the economy going.

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Depth of Field at the Garden Shop

During my lunch hour the other day, I stopped by the garden section of my local home improvement store.  I just happened to have my camera with me.

Below are a few examples of how the relationship between lens focal length and aperture relate to depth of field.

Colorful tomato cages 200mm @ f/13

I changed the focus from the yellow to the blue cages and lowered angle a bit.  The yellow and red cages seem to be in focus less than when the camera was focused on the yellow cages.  You will need to look into hyperfocus.
200mm @ f/13

At a long focal length, 200mm, the depth of field is shallow even at a rather small aperture, f/13.

I used a shorter focal length here, 42mm @ f/4.4

Here the aperture is close to wide open, f/4.4, the depth of field is greater then the above two photographs because of the shorter focal length.

Pelargonium 135mm @ f/22

Here again, long focal length decreases the depth of field.

Try some test images on your own camera.

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