With Canon EF-S 18-135mm IS STM lens |
Close-up photos in / around Constantia, Century City, Durbanville and Milnerton Cape Town. (All images by Vernon Chalmers)
Objective: Demonstrating Depth of Field application and quality / level of background blur (bokeh) using different lenses with the Canon EOS 700D / Rebel T5i DSLR camera body.
Note: All garden and nature photos hand-held in Av mode (Aperture Priority) with or without external hot shoe flash. ISO's between ISO 100 - 400. Shutter speeds all automatically selected by camera. Some photos with Canon Extension Tube EF25 II or Canon 500D close-up lens.
Canon Equipment
Av Mode - Aperture Priority Settings
Objective: Demonstrating Depth of Field application and quality / level of background blur (bokeh) using different lenses with the Canon EOS 700D / Rebel T5i DSLR camera body.
Note: All garden and nature photos hand-held in Av mode (Aperture Priority) with or without external hot shoe flash. ISO's between ISO 100 - 400. Shutter speeds all automatically selected by camera. Some photos with Canon Extension Tube EF25 II or Canon 500D close-up lens.
Canon Equipment
- Canon EOS 700D SLR camera body
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II prime lens
- Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens
- Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens
- Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.5-5.6 IS II zoom lens
- Canon Extension Tube EF25 II
- Canon 500D close-up lens
- Canon Speedlite 430EX II flash (TTL Mode)
Av Mode - Aperture Priority Settings
- 50mm lens f/2.8-f/4.0
- 18-135mm lens f./5.6
- 55-250mm lens f/5.6
- ISO 100 - 400
- Shutter speed: various (automatic)
- Image stabilsation on (EF-S lenses)
- Zero post-processing (just crops)
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Av Mode: f/8 / ISO 400 Canon Close-Up Filter / EF-S 55-250mm IS II Lens |
Canon EF-S 18-135mm IS STM Lens f/5.6 ISO 400 (Flash) |
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens f/16 ISO 400 (Flash) |
Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II lens f/5.6 ISO 120 |
Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II lens / 500D Close-up lens / 5.6 ISO 100 |
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens f/8 ISO 400 (Flash) |
Canon EF-S 18-55 IS STM Lens f/11 ISO 200 (Flash) |
Canon EF-S 18-135mm IS STM lens / Extension Tube f/5.6 ISO 100 |
Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II lens f/5.6 ISO 100 |
Canon EF-S 18-135mm IS STM lens / Extension Tube f/5.6 ISO 100 |
Canon EF 50mm f/1/8 II lens f/4.0 ISO 400 |
Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II lens / Extension Tube f/5.6 ISO 100 |
Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II lens / Extension Tube f/5.6 ISO 100 |
Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II lens / Extension Tube f/5.6 ISO 100 |
Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II lens / Extension Tube f/5.6 ISO 100 |
Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II lens / Extension Tube f/5.6 ISO 100 |
Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II lens / Extension Tube f/5.6 ISO 400 (Flash) |
With Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II lens / 500D Close-up lens / 5.6 ISO 100 |
Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II lens / 500D Close-up lens / f/6.7 ISO 100 |
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens f/4.0 ISO 400 (Flash) |