The Eye

[Onyx]

Breaking conventions, the far eye is in focus, not the near (and how sharply in focus it is!)

I'm quite fond of this picture, it was the result of general mucking around with the sweetest lens in existence, the 70-200/2.8VR (belonging to Birddog). To me, it has a generic commerical/advertising look to it. With all the blank space on the right pefect for adding marketing crap.


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ISO 200, f/4.5, 1/400s, 190mm.

Waddaya think?

[sirhc55]

Rule of thirds - yes. You have explained the out of focus eye so we can’t pick you up on that!

Skin tone seems to have a tad too much magneta. Background fantastic, and yes, this would be a great photo for advertising.

I agree Onyx - it is a photo to be fond of

Chris

[sirhc55]

Postscript - I could be wrong on the magenta. On my so called calibrated screen there seems to be too much magenta and yet on my uncalibrated screen it looks great!!!

Chris

[christiand]

The focus is not limited to the right eye on the right hand, it is on the right hand side of the face. This I find interesting; I guess this "technique" can be used to emphasise different areas of interest .
I like the idea and will start playing with it.

Cheers
CD

[johndec]

Onyx, the face looks somewhat familiar, is it of a member that I may have met at a mini meet? If it is, I won't take this any further, but I've got a couple of good gag slogans to insert on the right side of the pic

[paull]

Pleasing shot ... at the risk of saying its formulaic, noted that the eye in focus is at one of the points that the rule of thirds suggests.

Good photo.

[JordanP]

I'd like to see it with a tad more DOF so as to nail both eyes - but that being said you have done well with the space in terms of potential stock/commercial value. Alot of our rules of composition go out the window when someone is going to put text all over the image.

ps. love the forum gallery shot of Glen. Was it the same lens?

Cheers,

[Onyx]

Thanks for the comments everyone. The forum member who's half face is displayed, please identify yourself (cos I have forgotten who you are!)

I had intended to frame out more of the face - I guess that's the 95% viewfinder coverage at work (nose and one eye only was my intended image).

As for Chris' mention of magenta colour cast - it may well have too much red. I don't colour mange my workflow: I shoot, process and display in sRGB and my CRT is uncalibrated and aging. Perhaps this illustrates Auto -2 WB (an overreaction to my personal dislike of the default slight bluish/cool colour cast of the D70).

[MHD]

I agree with Craig, I would have liked just a touch more DOF...
But I love the Background... Sensational colours that frame the face well!