Wow, shots are looking awesome guys. Can someone please explain to me how to get that cool Depth of field effect? I know you need a large aperture (Low number) - I have tried on 2.8 which is lowest for my cam, but my Depth of field effect is never that "pronounced" enough. I can take close up shots of a flower for example, and then the background is reasonably blurry, but never blurry enough. For example the brick wall pic above - that is a nice depth of field effect. Do I need to zoom in, and then use the 2.8 aperture or what? Maybe its just my camera/lens...

Anyway here is my POD :



Camera : FujiFilm S6500fd
ISO : 200
Can't remember the rest of the settings, have them at home somewhere, but the exposure was a couple of seconds.