Thanks :-) Actually the right eye is a little more in forcus than the left. With this shallow DOF it is almost impossible to get both perfectly sharp.
Dag Thrane http://www.thrane.name 5. nov. 2012 kl. 13:58 skrev Walt <ldott...@gmail.com>: > 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/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
