Example:
My Comments: I think this picture is using a fast shutter speed between 1/500 and 1/1000 because the quickly moving subject is frozen. The background is out of focus so this tells me the aperture is on the larger end, between f2 and f4. You would also need a wide open aperture to get enough light into the camera in such a short time span.
Clues for Shutter Speed:
- is anything in the picture blurred? Use your judgement and decide it blurred because a very long exposure like 8 seconds or blurred because the subject is moving extremely quickly? In the case of fast objects blur can be captured at even 1/100 second exposures.
- is their a panning effect? Chances are good you have a slow exposure .
- is the subject frozen in a way that would normally happen to quickly to see? A very fast (1/500 -1/1000) exposure was probably used.
- is there a shallow depth of field ? (An out of focus background?) This is a clue that a large aperture ex: f2.8 was used.
- Is everything near and far in focus? The opposite is true.
- Pay attention to the light. If the picture has an obvious high shutter speed and is nice and bright this means that the aperture must have been wide open.
- Remember your own experiments, what settings did you use?
Respond by telling me what approximate settings you think were used for each of the following pictures. Please type and submit your responses. (Support with evidence!)
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