Creativity with Depth of Field

This is a example of a shorter depth of field. The tree branch and the leaves are in focus while the background is blurred.

This picture was taken next to my house. For this picture, I used a small aperature to get a very long depth of field so everything would be in focus.

This picture has the shortest depth of field out of all of my pictures. It was shot inside so I used the largest aperature possible on my camera (1.7, which is slightly larger than most of the other cameras at the school). Only the flowers are completely in focus. The top of the vase is slightly blurred while the bottom is even more out of focus. The background is completely blurred.