@pyrrhula@cdcook48@borof
I totally agree! My intention was to get the whole blossom in focus (it is not fully open, so there is a considerable distance from the tips of the petals to the center of the flower). My intention was to get a more blurred and darker background. But I guess what I aimed for is a task to be solved by focus stacking, and not simply by aperture. Here I used an aperture of f20. Any bigger aperture already introduced blur in the petals or center. Hence the 'experimenting' bit in the description.
Focus stacking would indeed help to introduce a more blurred background while keeping all of the flower sharp and your EM5 makes it easy to do. As I am sure you are aware it has a focus bracketing function in the shooting menu. I would recommend a tripod when you do that. Give it a try, I would love to see your results.
@cdcook48 Holy smokes! You know my camera better than I do :) I really did not know that. I was not very curious either, because I assumed it requires post processing in photoshop. And I prefer it done in camera.
I am so grateful that you pointed it out. I shall definitely look it up in the menu and have a go at it. Now you stirred my interest.
June 29th, 2023
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I totally agree! My intention was to get the whole blossom in focus (it is not fully open, so there is a considerable distance from the tips of the petals to the center of the flower). My intention was to get a more blurred and darker background. But I guess what I aimed for is a task to be solved by focus stacking, and not simply by aperture. Here I used an aperture of f20. Any bigger aperture already introduced blur in the petals or center. Hence the 'experimenting' bit in the description.
I am so grateful that you pointed it out. I shall definitely look it up in the menu and have a go at it. Now you stirred my interest.