Agree with Paul. It's a wonderful image.
One of the things I've struggled with in taking photos with such shallow
DOF is getting both eyes in focus the way you did. Anytime I've tried
it, whether with faces or a scene with more than one point of focus
while using shallow DOF, it seems I can only get one of the elements in
focus while the other seems to be /just/ out of focus.
-- Walt
On 11/5/2012 5:39 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Very nice. You nailed the eyes, and the softness of the rest of the image is
complementary.
Paul
On Nov 4, 2012, at 11:03 AM, DagT <li...@thrane.name> wrote:
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
Pentax K-5, A50mm 1:1.2, 1/80, f/1.2.
I bought a new focus screen from http://www.focusingscreen.com because the
original was not sufficiently exact for manual focus with large aperture
lenses. Using old gems like the A50mm 1:1.2 and A*85mm 1:1.4 was not very easy
so I had to rely on focus confirmation from the camera. My old habit of
focusing directly on the screen was hopeless. In addition you did not really
get an impression of the background with the original screen.
This picture was made using the S-type with AF frame, just focusing on the
eyes. It really works a lot better. On the other hand the viewfinder becomes
very dark using f/3.2 and f/4.0 lenses.
DagT
http://www.thrane.name/
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