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Awasos23
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p.1 #1 · Nifty Fifty Headshot

Different... I usually use a longer focal length. 50mm f1.8 @ f2, Nikon D300. Shot in a parking lot.

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Nov 07, 2009 at 04:39 AM

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p.1 #2 · Nifty Fifty Headshot

Cool shot. A little more DOF could get the right eye in sharp focus, but this looks nice.

Nov 07, 2009 at 04:48 AM

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sav1977 wrote:
Cool shot. A little more DOF could get the right eye in sharp focus, but this looks nice.

I used to shoot a lot with the 50 1.8. I preferred to either have both eyes totally in focus, or have on eye in focus and the other drastically out of focus. The easiest way to set this up is by the focal plane and the plane of the subjects eyes. For both eyes in focus, face needs to be perpendicular to the camera. You can also close aperture a little. IIRC I did headshots at f2.8-f4 with close subject distance.

Nov 07, 2009 at 01:58 PM

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p.1 #4 · Nifty Fifty Headshot

I had shot two; one further away (more DOF) and this. Was curious whether I had let the other eye get too soft or not. I was focused on his right eye, do you think the Lens FF a bit (i.e. the texture in his jacket being so tack sharp on the right).

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Eric

Nov 08, 2009 at 12:57 AM

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