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PExpo wrote in post #18571574
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These are really excellent. Great job!

Very nice set, especially #3.

Number 2, will melt your heart. What a doll.

The back ground blur is overdone, IMO

drdiesel1 wrote in post #18572508
The back ground blur is overdone, IMO

Talking about the images by PExpo?
He shoots at f1.2, so it's a normal blur for that killer lens
But I might be wrong.

itsallart wrote in post #18572578
Talking about the images by PExpo?
He shoots at f1.2, so it's a normal blur for that killer lens
But I might be wrong.

PExpo (he or she ... since they are husband and wife team as I recall) shot these using the 85mm f/1.2 L ... they also posted them in a lens-specific forum. They look to have been shot with the aperture wide open. Depth of field at 85mm f/1.2 is scarily narrow at these shooting distances with the effect being maximised by the choice of background and its oblique angle across the plane of focus.

These are great examples of what this lens can deliver ... although it's perhaps a matter of taste whether to blur the background to this extent. I like it, myself.

DaviSto wrote in post #18572629
PExpo (he or she ... since they are husband and wife team as I recall) shot these using the 85mm f/1.2 L ... they also posted them in a lens-specific forum. They look to have been shot with the aperture wide open. Depth of field at 85mm f/1.2 is scarily narrow at these shooting distances with the effect being maximised by the choice of background and its oblique angle across the plane of focus.

These are great examples of what this lens can deliver ... although it's perhaps a matter of taste whether to blur the background to this extent. I like it, myself.

itsallart wrote in post #18572578
Talking about the images by PExpo?
He shoots at f1.2, so it's a normal blur for that killer lens
But I might be wrong.

I thought they always favored the 135..

These look photoshop edited for the back ground, IMO!

EightEleven wrote in post #18572710
I thought they always favored the 135..

Usually ... not always. These were apparently shot with the 85 f/1.2 L.

At this shooting distance and using a wide aperture, depth of field is nothing with that lens. But I do wonder if there is some additional manipulation going on in post. The swirl in the bokeh is almost Helios-like.

EightEleven wrote in post #18572710
I thought they always favored the 135..

DaviSto wrote in post #18572754
Usually ... not always. These were apparently shot with the 85 f/1.2 L.

At this shooting distance and using a wide aperture, depth of field is nothing with that lens. But I do wonder if there is some additional manipulation going on in post. The swirl in the bukeh is almost Helios-like.

Check his flicker links under each image and you will see the EXIF.
Here is a shot taken by a friend of mine with the same lens same f1.2 https://500px.com …ature=trending&​lens_id=53
for comparison.

itsallart wrote in post #18572761
Here is a shot taken by a friend of mine with the same lens same f1.2 https://500px.com …ature=trending&​lens_id=53
for comparison.

Interesting ... getting pretty much the same effect. I assume without additional manipulation of blur in post.

I have the 85 f/1.2 L and it is by far my favourite lens for portraits. But, even shooting wide-open, I always tend to look for neutral and unobtrusive backgrounds and have never experimented with backgrounds that include as much contrast and colour as some of these. Looks like I should maybe be bolder!

DaviSto wrote in post #18572841
Interesting ... getting pretty much the same effect. I assume without additional manipulation of blur in post.

I have the 85 f/1.2 L and it is by far my favourite lens for portraits. But, even shooting wide-open, I always tend to look for neutral and unobtrusive backgrounds and have never experimented with backgrounds that include as much contrast and colour as some of these. Looks like I should maybe be bolder!

You should!
Her is a shot I took but with the 135mm at f2 and the blur is gorgeous. Now imagine what's like with the killer 85mm

In response to PExpos photos

I would almost bet a dollar to a donut hole that they were shot in Hobby Lobby...

A little too much blur for me but generally always excellent.


Doug

With the hashtag #Michealschallenge photo.. I would say your wrong.. I'll have a powdered doughnut hole please