Rain drops on a grass leaf...

Shot infront of my home in Vadodara.

For this pic the aperture used is f/5.6.That is the maximum I will get
with 55mm zoomed in position.See the focus is in a narrow range of
planes in your xyz coordinate.When aperture is increased more to f/3.5
or f/2.8 this plane of focus will become more and more narrow and the
amount of light entering the lens also increases.Background and
foreground will be blurred more.

Since my 18-55VR lens has a maximum aperture range from f/3.5 to f/5.6
I will get only a maximum aperture of f/3.5 when fully zoomed out
(18mm) and f/5.6 when fully zoomed in (55mm).Minimum aperture ranges
from f/32 to f/22 with this lens.