Blurry clouds...
Mia's colourful cupcakes and her bottles of sprinkles...
I have taken a few pictures over the past week and included the cupcake one at the bottom taken about a month ago. I don't seem to be able to get the unfocussed bit to go into actual shapes/circles and don't seem to go below F3.7 before it tells me it is too dark. Simon has promised to go through the Nikon D40 for Dummies book with me and see if he can help! Then again, I just like the effect of the blurry background without it being too extreme.
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I especially love the picture of the chairs - really unexpected and beautiful.
I like the last cupcake one with the M&Ms :) Not just because I want to eat one. I think you have a nice Bokeh effect in it. I agree with Holly about the chair picture. It's very nicely composed.
I have the same problem with getting a low aperture on my camera. But from doing this assignment I've learned that it only goes down to 3.5 (when I zoom right out and it also says on the lens the range which I imagine yours does too because I have a Nikon as well). If I zoom in the lowest is 5.6 but Emma seems to be able to manage so I guess I have to keep trying. I seemed to only work for me when I had a big distance between the focused subject and the background (and had some light coming in from the front?). Try raising the ISO number if you want to get your aperture down to 3.7 and have it be lighter (or increase your shutter speed time and use a tripod?)
Not that I know what I am talking about. I just had the same issues as you this fortnight :)
The cupcake one is the winner for me too :) I really like having one cupcake in focus, then the rest OOF. The light is really nice in that one too - I feel the others are a bit dark, but understanding exposure comes with LOTS of practice.
I just want to point out/clarify (and you guys may know this anyway - so just ignore if you do)
The smaller f/stop (eg. f2.8 or 3.5 etc) = Wide aperture, which lets in more light
A larger f/stop (eg f8.5 or f16 etc) = smaller aperture, which lets in LESS light, so then you need a slower shutter speed to let in more light. Or bump up the ISO to make the sensor, well, more sensitive to light!
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