Day 86: Dirt Spots

2026-05-03Hello! First, a technical note: I bought a third domain name, and I already regret it. Come check out dingusberry.com and tell me what I should do with it.When you use a shallow depth-of-field (something like f/2.8) you are able to separate the background from your subject, with a decent falloff and blurriness that can help eliminate busy distractions.But if you want everything to remain in focus — especially for architecture photography — a larger depth-of-field (something like f/8) is required. Because of physics, less light comes to the camera sensor as a trade-off.This photo is in f/16 — everything should be in sharp focus! ... Including the dirt spots that are stuck to my camera sensor or lens. I don't know how to get them off.Now's a reasonable time for me to disclose the state of my equipment and what's been going on. As always, the technical info, for nerds is below.I purchased my camera from eBay for less than a third of the original retail price. I bought it before…