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Originally Posted by ny156uk
Hi,
Essentially a type of shot I quite like is where the foreground is out of focus and something in the background is in focus. My idea being something like the foreground 'edges' of the shot are maybe some out of focus leaves, and the front is maybe of a pond/lake or something.
I find it quite easy to get the background out of focus but not the foreground. I wondered if there is a technique/setup i should be trying.
The camera I have is a Panasonic DMC-FZ7. I'm new to the whole photography world (I took a lot of photos this summer and have gotten out of practice recently), any help/advice would be great.
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The only suggestion I can make after looking up what kind of camera you have is to use the manual focus to focus on something that is further away. So, use a medium aperture (maybe somewhere in the range of f/5-10) and use the manual focus feature of your camera (check your manual if you don't know how to do that) to pick something else in the shot to focus on.
Not sure if this is the sort of thing you're trying to achieve:
But in this shot, I used manual focus to make the trees behind the grate clear while the grate was out of focus. It was taken at f/11.
So maybe try giving the manual focus a try to see if that will get you your desired result. Hope that helps somewhat
I'll try to explain more if you need, I just don't know how to use the features on your camera though
