Using selective focus adds mood, drama and dimension to the final image.
It is very easy to create images with selective focus, this effect can be achieved with the use of macro lens, telephoto lenses or changing your depth of field, using a wide aperture anything from f1.4 to f5.6.
Here are a few examples of selective focus images.
Photograph of a wild flower taken in the garden, using a macro lens and fill-in flash
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| Wild Flower |
Photograph of the bird, blurring the background
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| Lilac breasted roller bird |
Photograph of a flower, taken using a macro lens, the point of focus was the centre of the flower
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| Orange Flower |
Photograph of grass reed, taken early in the morning, the point of focus was the flowerhead, blurring the reed
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| Reed |
The photograph below was taken on my mobile phone, by standing very close to the water droplet, the camera lens focused on the droplet and blurring the background. Most mobile phones have 'aperture' mode (which can be found under 'more' in your camera settings), using this setting, it allows you to choose your desired aperture.
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| Drop of water |
The photograph below was also taken using my mobile phone, I selected the 'Aperture' mode on my phone and chose the widest aperture (f4) and focused on the bee.
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| Bee |
The photograph below was taken using a standard lens, the point of focus was the single stem of bluebells
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| Blue Bells |
Selective focus can be used in anywhere your photography; landscapes, street photography, portraits, it really depends what you as a photographer want to show through your photographs, by creating mood and drama to the images.
Bhupinder Ghatahora ABIPP, ARPS, ASWPP
Ghatahora Photography
info@ghatahora.co.uk
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