Prime Lens Portraits - Post Your Best!! (2)

wallstreetoneil wrote in post #17960552
since you are testing, I would think that at that SS and ISO, that it is either process or uploading, but her eyes and skin should be sharper if you nailed her eyes with AF

if almost appears that the seam on her coat may be sharper and thus front focused but even then it might just be a resolution uploading thing

Thanks for the feedback. I'm having a tough time figuring it out. I'm using Dottune to try and calibrate it and I get anywhere from -4 to -17. I was calibrating using different distances but only measured using live view in Magic Lantern. I think I need to do it again but measure my distances out. Then I'm not too sure if I should calibrate at 25x or 50x the focal length. Ugh. It was so much easier with film. We didn't worry about it anywhere near as much.

Here's a closer crop of just the eyes. The do look reasonably sharp to me. What do you think?

dalibort82 wrote in post #17960322

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This quite nice. I see just a little Drew Barrymore....

flowrider wrote in post #17960613
Thanks for the feedback. I'm having a tough time figuring it out. I'm using Dottune to try and calibrate it and I get anywhere from -4 to -17. I was calibrating using different distances but only measured using live view in Magic Lantern. I think I need to do it again but measure my distances out. Then I'm not too sure if I should calibrate at 25x or 50x the focal length. Ugh. It was so much easier with film. We didn't worry about it anywhere near as much.

Here's a closer crop of just the eyes. The do look reasonably sharp to me. What do you think?

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that is better and why i mentioned uploading - unless you can see the actual file size, sometimes uploading a certain size file can create a blur that isn't really there

i've always used 50x

the biggest bad thing i found you can do is to test in indoors under tungsten light and then go outside and shoot in bright shade or test again under this scenario

so in other words, knowing you Dot Tune adjustments based on the type of light you are using can be helpful - or better, don't set your adjustment using a more extreme wavelength and expect it to be perfect at the other end of the colour spectrum

kiss - DOT tune to 'daylight' is generally a good idea


the other thing i know is that when you are shooting people with dark brown eyes, you can get the appearance of them not being sharp because you often can't get depth of light inside the eye - so in certain situations they can look not sharp and it isn't true (but it also is because there isn't DoF inside the eye if you get what i'm getting at

Karo.

I had a new hat made not too long ago at the local Pins & Needles Embroidery Shop. Here's a photo of me wearing it that I took this morning in front of my "I love me" wall (Excuse the 'wings'...I need a haircut).

Sony a7rII + FE 90G macro lens

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6D + 85mm f1.2L

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My 5 year old took this one.

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Annette

OZS2KCA wrote in post #17963671
Annette

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What a great expression!

DanangMonkey wrote in post #17962202
Live Long and Proper 5d Mk II Ms. Danangmonkey

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I know you haven't asked for it but, I think you'd have a much nicer photo 2 if you were to crop just below her right elbow. Her legs look kind off funny in a way that makes her look sort of squat, and she is far too beautiful to be made to look squat.

sidknee wrote in post #17963719
I know you haven't asked for it but, I think you'd have a much nicer photo 2 if you were to crop just below her right elbow. Her legs look kind off funny in a way that makes her look sort of squat, and she is far too beautiful to be made to look squat.

Interesting, I didn't realize that "squat" could be used as an adjective.

DanangMonkey wrote in post #17963802
Interesting, I didn't realize that "squat" could be used as an adjective.

Just as well I posted then, you've learnt something today!