28 days later...

Just 28 days after birth I got to photograph this little darlin', please let me know what you think.

Ater a snuggle with mum, her cheeks went treally red, so I tried to counteract that in ps.

Lou

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They don't look very nice up on here, not sure if its fklicker or whatm, but they look better then this in my photoshop screen!

Don't worry, somebody will be along to advise you.

David

Your title is misleading. 28 days later is the name of a zombie flick haha.

Looks like you missed the focus on both photos.

he shoots and its a miss - not sure where the focus is BUT its not on the baby

First shot is heavily front-focused (hand is more in focus than face, but hand is still somewhat OOF). Second shot is completely OOF. In both shots, the colours are very washed out (possibly wrong colourspace).

At an aperture of 1.8, you have a very shallow depth of field - especially when up close (0.45 m). I would have shot this with a much narrower aperture to give the photo a deeper DOF and keep things in focus. Also, when shooting with such a wide aperture, it's wise to use Live View (with Exp. Sim. enabled) to confirm focus as looking through the viewfinder will not show you where your focus is (even if you press the DOF button - your VF will be too dark to tell).

Thanks guys, I desuatuarated a little as bub was really red in the face, so thats the washed out effect

In regard to the focus, thts something I'm really carefull with, the I used sective focus with the af poin always on her closest eye. Not sure why its coming out off focus!

I gues with that narrow a DOF, even a tiny movement would throw it off, althogh I checked photos as I took them and most of them the AF point was on the eyes. Would it be bub or me moving just ever so slightly or front/back focusing issues? IO thought I had the slight front focus issue fixed!

Keep in mind the minimum focusing distance for the 50 1.8 II is 0.45 metres. Any closer and it will be OOF regardless if AF gets a lock or not. If you're having AF issues, shoot in manual. I also recommend shooting tethered in a studio situation so you can view how your focus is on a larger screen.

The title is fitting because i think you made the baby look like its in a zombie movie.

first. you probably have the 50 1.8 in which you probably would never want to shoot at 1.8 ever again. great lens, horrible wide open. stop it down to 2.0

your out of focus issue may be because you are close, and when you readjust to get the better crop, you lost the focal point. when you are that close to a subject and using that shallow a dof, use the joystick to grab the focal point.

goodluck!

Thnaks stayhumble! I have another shoot with the baby on wednessday, as the whole family was jetlagged! I will set it to 2.0 and higher, thanks for the advice!

@kptnkain, yeah I was using the title as a pun! The baby is 28 days old!

Lovely baby but not in focus - as others already told you. Did you use single spot focal point or multiple focal points: for shots like these pick the central one!
The white balance is also a bit off. But the main point is the focus. I think in #2 you were too close and in #1 you focussed on the fingers. F1/1.8 gives you a very thin depth of field..... try a smaller aperture and a higher ISO to keep at a shutterspeed of 1/125. Then you get some more DOF and the noise at higher ISO is not bad in the 50D (got one so I know that... ) and easily corrected in PP

Hey vk2gwk!

I used single point af, sometimes the centre one, but I moved it around to where I wanted in focus then took the shot without moving. Don't understand why its off focus, when I know I focused exactly where I wanted to!

Very frustrating....

Ok, this one shows up as the af single point right on her eye where I pionted it.

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Lookslike there is some front focussing.... The towel to th left is more in focus than the eyes.

vk2gwk wrote in post #12969684
Lookslike there is some front focussing.... The towel to th left is more in focus than the eyes.

Beat me to it.

I agree, your lens is front-focusing. I'm not familiar with the 50D as I've never held one, let alone browsed the settings, so I'm not entirely sure the 50D is capable of microadjustment settings like the 7D and up are. If that's not possible and you don't want to send your lens to Canon for proper adjustments, the easiest and most economical workaround is simply using manual focus.