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11. Understanding Space
Changing the way the camera sees the world.
The camera is a two domensional tool for rendering the world. It is not able to perceives space: Depth of field,
interpolate either so its vision of the world is often flat despite what the human eye the circle of confusion, and mi-
saw when the image was created. Lets look at ways to address this problem.. nimum focusing distance.
So, you have mastered your camera. You know what to do in every All three are a function of two
situation. You pack your camera bag and head out for some recrea- things - how the lens is designed
tional photography. Then, when you return home and look at your (the number of glass elements
images on your computer, while you have mastered the art of stri- in the lens essentially) and the
king color, the images are totally flat. There is no depth. No sense of aperture at which an image is
space. They look nothing like what you remember........ created.
How do you keep this from happening? Understanding how the ca- Rule of thumb - the higher the
mera sees space is as critical as understanding how the camera sees aperture, the greater the depth
color. There are three key elements that control how the camera of field. Hence, an F-stop of 8
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