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To capture this mini beach scene I opened the lens as large as it would go to create a shallow depth of field. Only the strands of grass are sharply in focus, whilst the sand in the foreground and the waves in the background are blurred.
Taken with a Canon AE-1 lens f 1:1.4 held up to an iPod touch camera. A demonstration of the true capabilities of lower end digital cameras.
This particular friend has just about had enough of all these cameras popping up at the pub (another friend had a Kiev & some kind of Minolta with him that day, it was pretty camera heavy, I won't lie). So as I lifted the camera to catch him telling a joke, he did this. Which resulted in... a much better photo than the one I was about to take.
And besides, when he'd gotten suitably jolly later, I caught a great snap of him laughing with others. You've got to pick your moments, I suppose.