Learning about Aperture

So... I've been working with my new camera, and I found an online tutorial that was free, and had a bunch of really good reviews. You can find the tutorial here.

Lesson #1 was about aperture... and it required you to practice changing the aperture settings on your camera. Here are my examples:


#1- f/4.5

In this one, only the very front is in focus...

 #2- f/8.0

A little more is in focus, but the trees are still very soft... 

#3- f/22.0

Almost everything is in focus

Melissa and I have signed up to take a 4 week course in DSLR photography beginning next Tuesday. It should be a lot of fun, and I'm really looking forward to learning more about my camera!