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Aug 26, 2009 14:52 |  #1

Is it me or do the eyes look somewhat soft in this image ?


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Aug 26, 2009 14:55 |  #2

Nice shots. Are the eyes your AF point? Do you do any sharpening in PS?


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Aug 26, 2009 14:59 |  #3

AxxisPhoto wrote in post #8527471 (external link)
Nice shots. Are the eyes your AF point? Do you do any sharpening in PS?

Yes, focused on his left eye. Also unsharp mask 100, .3, 5


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Aug 26, 2009 15:03 |  #4

The eyes look fine to me. What f-stop were you shooting? f8? And what kind of lights are you using?


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Aug 26, 2009 15:20 |  #5

DEF USM needed


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Aug 26, 2009 15:21 |  #6

The Tamron 28-75 has a known defect of making eyes in photos look slightly OOF. just kidding.... they look fine to me.


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Aug 26, 2009 17:57 |  #7

My wife is black. It seems to be, because there is less contrast between eyelashes and eyebrows and the skin color, that the eyes appear to be less "sharp".

I noticed this when I first started to shoot portraits, candids. You can shoot at f8 and the eyes will still appear to be less sharp then any other part of the face. It's a contrast issue.


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Aug 26, 2009 18:05 |  #8

mnez17 wrote in post #8527454 (external link)
Is it me or do the eyes look somewhat soft in this image ?

to my eyes the images are soft. hard to offer an opinion without exif info.

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Aug 26, 2009 18:13 as a reply to  @ ed rader's post |  #9

Do a search for sharpening techniques and learn how to do some selective sharpening on the eyes and other key portions of the face :D


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Aug 28, 2009 08:37 |  #10

it looks fine to me.


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