It’s These Three Things That Create Soft Backgrounds
It’s not just the f-stop, it’s getting in tight on your subject, getting them away from the background, and the f-stop. In fact, if I had to choose between zooming in tight or using a low-numbered f-stop to create a soft, blurry background, I’d go with the zooming. Here’s why: I can take a zoom lens, zoom in tight on my subject at f/5.6 or f/6.3, and still get a nice soft background, as long as the background they’re standing in front of isn’t right up against my subject. Now, if I’m not zoomed in relatively tight on my subject, and I used an f-stop of f/2.8, even with that low f-stop, the background ...
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