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Originally Posted by Dee17
I am new to DSLR photography and am starting to play with my Nikon D60. Was taking photo's of some of the food we put out for a function and snapped the apple swans that we made. Part of the first swan is in focus and the ones at the back are not. I didn't want to ones at the back to be in focus but how would I have brought more of the front swan in focus when taking photo's this close???
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I think stopping down to a smaller aperture would help, however F/18 will not accomplish what you want. F/18 will yield pretty much everything in focus, and you indicated you really only want the front apple-swan in focus. I think your focus point not being directly on the front subject's eye causing the head/eye to be blurry is what's most disturbing. I think if you re-shot this and do nothing different but focus on the head/eye of the front apple-swan subject you might find your results to be more pleasing. Always remember, if whatever you are photographing has eyes, they should always be in very sharp focus because it is the eyes in a photo that you, the observer, are drawn in to. The ears and the nose can be soft, but the eyes should be tack sharp.
