Hi, Rebekah, I'm pretty sure the lens was at about 5.6 or 6.3, in that range. The depth of field is partially from the digi cam and partly from the smaller f-stop. When shooting from the hip, with little or no chance to focus, smaller f-stops come in pretty handy. Of course, having the newspaper boxes in focus adds somewhat, I think, to the overall story of the photo.
However, when the photo is blown up one can observe that the detail in the background ... the tree, the bricks on the building ... are a bit soft, as they should be with the focus being relatively close. Thanks for your kind words. They are much appreciated since my GF thought the photo was "depressing." Rebekah Gonzalez wrote: > Hey Shel: > I love your picture of the elderly lady in the rain, it's really original > and very well done. I have a question, though, out of curiosity, because I > am trying to learn a lot about cameras, as I previously owned a "point and > shoot". I noticed that everything in the picture is in focus, even things > far away. Is this a product of a digital camera, or did you just have you > lens on a high numbered f stop? >
