F stop

F stop is the way you can focus on one object and blur our the back ground .  F stop has tremendous effects on the characteristics  of the image . The f stop number half the size of the aperture opening . F stop is a great way to keep focus on one object and that object specifically the higher the f stop number the more it will focus on that one object and not the background . 

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