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Nice photograph and unusual focus on the far eye Stewart ... was that deliberate?
 
Pickett Wilson said:
The DOF is too shallow for this kind of portrait. Really draws attention to itself rather than the subject.
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I don't necessarily agree with that ... but I think it would have worked better with the focus on the near eye!
 
Maybe a stop down would have brought her nose and mouth a little more into focus ... but you probably don't like that idea either! :p
 
mabelsound said:
Personally, I like the DOF and far-eye focus. I think it's a terrific portrait.
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thanks, I was just blowing off the end of the film. In a dark hotel-room overlooking lake Windermere, my daughter ... she took the better picks that day


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mabelsound said:
I saw that on your flickr today, Sparrow, what's she shooting with?
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Minolta x-700, that looks like the 28, she has the f2/50 and the f2.8/135 ... and my film probably :rolleyes:


She took these: photos from Alice's second film

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the focus is a bit if'y on that last one ::) shabby
 
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I like your portrait...the left hand fingernail in focus is an interesting touch as well. I see what the others mean too. You're very gracious about the feedback. My daughter, 16, has also taken to film, which she also doesn't pay for. I bought her a Nikon F3HP, Italian designed body but its blokiness otherwise seems to suit her. She uses PCs in preference to Macs and despite her bluntness hasn't said that an RF is a girl's camera but she probably thinks so.
 
Dear Stewart,

The focus was God is punishing you for not using an RF.

Seriously, nice portrait -- and I think the focus works. The far eye is far more dramatic than the near eye would have been, though ideally I'd have used 8x10 and the 21 inch Ross, with a tiny bit of swing back to hold both eyes.

Although it's probably terribly politically incorrect to say, "You have a very attractive daighter, and photographed her well," you have, and you did.

Cheers,

R.
 
Roger Hicks said:
Dear Stewart,

The focus was God is punishing you for not using an RF.

Seriously, nice portrait -- and I think the focus works. The far eye is far more dramatic than the near eye would have been, though ideally I'd have used 8x10 and the 21 inch Ross, with a tiny bit of swing back to hold both eyes.

Although it's probably terribly politically incorrect to say, "You have a very attractive daighter, and photographed her well," you have, and you did.

Cheers,

R.
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too much wine not enough dinner sorry, I abandoned LF in my teens ... thankfully.

She dances too, and correctness is not an issue, beauty is what beauty is.

Regards
 
Beautiful portrait. Rules were made to be broken. And you can get away with breaking them, if you're skillful, as Stewart is.
 
Yes, I agree that rules are there to be [occasionally and selectively] be broken.This is a beautiufl photo, Stewart.
 
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