2nd attempt at Brenizer.....

I think this one went better. Used my 28-90mm 5.6 set to 90mm. What do you think?? 48 shots used.

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Not getting the concept for this at all.sorry

The concept was my daughter was the only one willing to hold still long enough for me to get the shots....but wanted to be a butt and cover her face I just want to know if the technique worked

I'm not sure the technique worked, since your main subject occupies most of the frame and there is no feeling of separation and intimacy.

ok...I get what you are saying Guess I will have to wait until I get the right lens then :P Was hoping I could use what i have.... but I just can't get the right depth of field AND distance that I need to make it work :P grumble grumble

Guitartists wrote in post #15892436
The concept was my daughter was the only one willing to hold still long enough for me to get the shots....but wanted to be a butt and cover her face I just want to know if the technique worked

Her technique worked. Her face is covered.

I feel your pain. I live it, too.

http://blog.buiphotos.​com …xplained-with-directions/

With video!

I'm just not seeing the benefit of using that technique for this shot. The sky is going to be OOF anyway, and ditto for the grass. If you were intentionally blurring background detail that was actually present in the image it might be worth the effort.

gonzogolf wrote in post #15893649
I'm just not seeing the benefit of using that technique for this shot. The sky is going to be OOF anyway, and ditto for the grass. If you were intentionally blurring background detail that was actually present in the image it might be worth the effort.

Well, before heading out to find worthy subject matter and spending the time it takes to put all of the shots together effectively.... I was just doing test shots to see if I can even get the effect with the one of the lenses I already own....since I don't have one of those nifty 85mm 1.8 lenses. I tried with my nifty fifty....but the distortion was too much

Flo wrote in post #15893622
http://blog.buiphotos.​com …xplained-with-directions/

With video!

Yeah, that was the page I had found a couple weeks ago. Just trying to make it work with what I got

Here's another one (goats)from that day using my 28-90.... but you can see that I was too far away and it doesn't have the right depth of field.

And here is an earlier one (grave) that I think would be good if there wasn't so much distortion nifty fifty used.

So maybe with the 28-90.... split the difference in distance from the subject between the one of my daughter and the one of the goats??

A note.... I keep forgetting to set my white balance before starting the shoot :P Gotta commit that to memory :P

Guitartists wrote in post #15894718
So maybe with the 28-90.... split the difference in distance from the subject between the one of my daughter and the one of the goats??

The effect is greatest when you use a longer lens and work relatively close maximizing the shallow depth of field from that combo, then stitch out images to replicate the field of view of a wider lens. Using a 50 would work if you are very close but its really better with longer lenses. You have to fix a white balance and put your exposure in manual so the images all have the same base parameters.

Here that grave one is finished as best as I could