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Gritty Portrait
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Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:42 pmby -=Monty=-
Not really one for portraits, but gave it a go a couple of weekends ago. (Need to give a workout to my new 70-200mm VR II!)
D300, handheld, 70-200mm VR II Wide open, Late afternoon sunlight, outside.
Re: Gritty Portrait
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Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:47 pmby chrisk
i like the harsh lighting cos it suits what you are doing. not sure if you did a desat or thats just the muted colour, but i like that too. the leading eye is the one that needs to be in focus though imo. to me, no matyter how many times i try and tell myself the right eye is in focus, the leading left eye being OOF means to me the photo is OOF.
Re: Gritty Portrait
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Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:03 pmby -=Monty=-
Ah, yeah. I agree. Still getting used to the very narrow DOF of the f/2.8. Desaturated a bit, yeah, and almost completely on the blue channel.
Re: Gritty Portrait
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Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:58 pmby surenj
I would agree on the eyes.
Also the squinting seems to be due to the harsh sun? Was this deliberate?
What feel were you going for with this portrait? It comes across as the person is annoyed.
Re: Gritty Portrait
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Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:00 pmby surenj
Actually you can rescue the eye somewhat by moving the catchlight down and adding another for the right eye...
Re: Gritty Portrait
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Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:12 pmby -=Monty=-
It was more of a *look outside, friend is in sun, take photo of friend* no planning or goal involved. Just a snap.
Re: Gritty Portrait
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Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:29 pmby aim54x
Its an interesting image, that stare is intriguing