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Oli - great composition on the first shot! If you want to get more of the bass in focus, you will need to stop down your aperture (f number). The larger the # under f/, the more depth you will have in focus. IE - f/16 will have more depth in focus that f/4. This is referred to as DOF, or Depth Of Field. If you set your camera to Aperture priority mode, you can change the f/stop and the camera will adjust the shutter speed accordingly.

Thank you very much!

I actually know that much about photographic theory, but often I have a hard time to properly apply it in "the heat of the moment". The blur (limited DOF) on the first picture is intentional. I made several shots of these headstocks playing around with the zoom and focus.

However, often too dim light is the problem to not be able to have lower aperture -- because the shutter speed would need to be increased to 1 second or even more. And whatever I do: Even using a tripod and lowering the ISO setting, I still get some slight blur and too much of grain/noise.

Just a couple of days ago I did some experimenting with long shutter and the lowest possible aperture. Couldn't get rid of the unwanted grain/noise but found out that there are some spots in my lens (Canon 18-55 IS). Seems I should rather invest in a new lens than another bass...

Anyway, it's great to see many different approaches and start to understand what works and what not. I definitely have to get some black and white velvet or photographic background paper, and put together some cardbords with aluminuim foil as reflectors.
 
IMO, this is one of the best pictures! The vibrant colors on the headstocks are amazing! And what you did with the focus is really nice too!

Nice pic! :bassist:

Great composition and as you say great colors.

I'd love to see it with a larger depth of field (everything in focus) and I'd also turn the 'A' tuner on the orange headstock and the 'G' tuner on the red headstock to be less obtrusive.
 
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