Attempt at portrait

[Calis]

Playing with my new EF 50 f/1.8 I took this of my daughter. What's good about & what's not?

http://www.pbase.com/image/27407875.jpg

I've already fallen in love with this lens - got to watch DOF though!

Thanks

[ryuwulf]

Very nice!!!!

not much to say. seems sharp, lighting is great. very tight frame.

bravo.

[slejhamer]

Beautiful. A haunting image.

[mttmrphy]

Could you post the EXIF please?

Beautiful little girl... excellent shot. I think the lighting is just right.

[Calis]

Sure - EXIF as requested:

File Name
CRW_2009.CRW
Camera Model Name
Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL
Shooting Date/Time
28/03/2004 17:15:52
Shooting Mode
Program AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/160
Av( Aperture Value )
3.2
Metering Mode
Evaluative
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
1600
Lens
50.0 mm
Focal Length
50.0 mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
RAW
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
AI Focus AF
Parameters
Contrast Normal
Sharpness Normal
Color saturation Normal
Color tone Normal
Color Space
Adobe RGB
File Size
7452KB
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting
Owner's Name
Phil Winterbourne
Camera Body No.
0870323165


Although I used the 50mm, this is more like 100mm as she is leaning on my Sons shoulders and he was in the shot as well. Sadly he pulled a face at just the wrong moment and has been cropped out!

I used AV mode to get control of DOF, my first attempts with this lens at f/1.8 had such a narrow DOF parts of the face were a bit soft.

The 1600ISO was photographer error. I should haave read the Top Tips thread in the EOS digital Cameras forum - I'd been shooting IR tests with the new len in the garden just before and hadn't re-set it :-( Luckily Noise Ninja came to the rescue (and did a wonderful job).

[PhotosGuy]

Love it!

[chris.bailey]

Very nice

If I was being VERY picky I would say the whites are a little blown and the catchlights in the corners of her eyes are a little distracting but that is being very picky indeed. I would be pleased with it.

[timmyquest]

I'll tell ya whats wrong with it, her right eye...it looks all noisy.

I like the picture its self though, she's cute.

I'm just wondering why you find the need to shoot at ISO 1600 with such a fast lens?

[Calis]

1600 ISO: See above.

I forgot to re-set it after shooting some IR tests a few minutes earlier. This was a recovery job as when I got her to sit again I couldn't reproduce her expresion :-(

Hence the noise - and if you think this is bad you should have seen it pre Noise Ninja :shock:

[drisley]

Beautiful!

One thing I would do is add a "little" warmth with a duotone process.
If you have photoshop, select Image>Mode>Duotone.
Select load and pick one you like.
I tried and really liked the preset>duotones>duotones>pantone(r) duotones> and select one of the 478 brown or brown 464 duotones.

http://sharpnsmart.com/temporary/duotone.jpg

Very nice though! And isn't noise ninja nice? Especially when it helps you save once in a lifetime shots like that.
:)