> > On May 3, 2006, at 6:37 AM, Michael Hamilton wrote: > >>> .. It is customary to have at least one eye of a portrayed person >>> to be in focus. You seem to have both out of focus. >> >> Yes, that's an ongoing problem. Low-light focusing with a manual >> focus lens. I recently purchased a homemade split screen, but it >> doesn't seem to work well with my FA or DA lenses and autofocus. >> Any suggestions? > > Forget the split screens. AF in low light is generally at a > disadvantage. Practice manual focusing with the standard screen. The > more you do, the better you get at it. > > BTW: > > Michael, > I took your original color image and did a little adjustment to it in > Photoshop, produced a color and B&W version. If you use Photoshop > CS2, you can get the .PSD file to see what I did specifically. > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/joc/ >
I like that *more* than what I did, but I think you may have gone a bit too far. It appears to be oversharpened, but I'll work with the psd file and see if I can find a happy medium! Thanks, Godfrey.
