iPhone 14 Pro camera, what am I doing wrong

[ajo]

I am still getting used to the camera on the 14 Pro, yesterday I went for a walk where there are plenty of bluebells so I took some photos. Most of them did not come out great.

I will attach a photo, I don't think I zoomed in on this one (some I did) this was a RAW photo but it just looks like a mess. If you zoom in its all blurry and I cant tell where the focus is or if it did at all. Any hints?

 

[cthompson94]

I am on my work computer and my monitor isn't the best, but to me it looks like the branches of the trees are the focus point, when I zoomed in they looked more sharp than say the flowers. Remember in scenarios like this where there is a lot going on in the foreground and the background and with such a low shallow depth of field you need to tap on the screen the area that you want to be in focus especially in busy scenes. Possibly getting down a little lower would have helped the autofocus with what exactly is the subject that it should be focused on.

 

[headlessmike]

I agree with cthompsons94's comment. Tap on the screen when using the camera to select where you want it to focus. Immediately after that you can also slide your finger up or down on the screen to alter the exposure of the image, which in certain scenes can make a big difference for the overall outcome (and add a dramatic touch when used right). In the above image the exposure looks pretty good though.

 

[ajo]

Thanks for the feedback. I usually always tap to focus, I think a few times I was trying to stand back a bit and zoom to compress the amplify the field of blue. Heres a nice image from the day anyway

 

[Fred Zed]

I am on my work computer and my monitor isn't the best, but to me it looks like the branches of the trees are the focus point, when I zoomed in they looked more sharp than say the flowers. Remember in scenarios like this where there is a lot going on in the foreground and the background and with such a low shallow depth of field you need to tap on the screen the area that you want to be in focus especially in busy scenes. Possibly getting down a little lower would have helped the autofocus with what exactly is the subject that it should be focused on.

How can one make everything in the image ( background and foreground) be in focus ?

 

[cthompson94]

How can one make everything in the image ( background and foreground) be in focus ?

Unfortunately majority of the time to get the whole scene in focus requires typically focus stacking and it is especially needed for the foreground. Now given that most people wouldn't want do do that (nor do I blame them if it isn't truly f/8 or higher will achieve this for the most part maybe needing to go to f/11 or 13 remember though because of the differences in distance between foreground, mid ground, and background not all of that can be in focus and with a higher f/stop number the longer the shutter speed or exposure will need to be since the higher number means less light coming in.

basically though for a simple photo with majority in focus yeah f/8 or higher. In OPs original photo post the details in the image shows it at 1.7 which is very shallow depth of field for the area of focus.

 

[innapux]

a lot of different chips when photographing with an Athos camera, you need a shutter speed to set it, well, in short, everything chips here I watched and learned