Hyperfocal Distance

Oyama - Last Stairs Before Second Temple
Originally uploaded by typh00nrider

I have been reading quite a bit about photography both online and from texts lately. During this studying, I have since noticed that some of my photos, especially landscape shots taken with longer focal lengths, would 'snap' quite a bit more if determined and set the hyperfocal distance. I have had a couple of good settings and very nicely framed shots come out with blurry foregrounds and/or soft backgrounds like this picture. More about hyperfocal distance, along with pre-calculated charts, is available here.

This is a picture of the last staircase that ascends to the second temple on Oyama Mountain. I like the greens and the way that the trees cover the stairs. It's soft, cool, and quiet. Soft is because I did not calculate and set hyperfocal distance. Cool is the weather up here, despite having sweat every drop of water out of my body by the time I arrived this far. Quiet is something that these mountains offer in return for the exhaustive ascent and putting up with the city at other times.