what am i doing wrong

[nikitwo]

this was a big one

[TB80]

what they all said.

[cabo390]

My shots look like that when I've been drinking too much.

[Bowhunter004]

My shots look like that when I've been drinking too much.

lol

[scotty]

If you want to have a really shallow depth of field so that your main subject is in focus while the background is blurred out, then set a really small aperture (low f/stop) and then adjust shutter and/or ISO until you get a good exposure.

Actually for a shallow depth of field, you want to select a large aperture, 1.4 or 2.8.

Everything else is spot on. I'm saving this whole quote to help explain the triad to other budding photographers.

Great analogies, Shane!