p.111 #1 · Portrait and People Image Thread using Sony
FE55 f1.8. I use this one at middle apertures - f2.8-f4 - for a balance of DOF and lens contrast. The bokeh stays natural and pleasant at these settings too.
p.111 #5 · Portrait and People Image Thread using Sony
I aim for a natural and 'true to life' level of skin detail, so I can show the person as you would see them, had you been there. (Thypoch Simera 75/1.4).
p.111 #6 · Portrait and People Image Thread using Sony
Walking the few streets of the tiny village of Tahua, Bolivia, one morning while visiting the Salar de Uyuni (salt flats), I encountered what may have been the oldest resident. There were very few people there and not much else...
p.111 #13 · Portrait and People Image Thread using Sony
Donzo98 wrote:
Very nice... but they seem a little out of focus. Did you soften them??
Thank you and no, not out-of-focus, but the result of web-sized JPG on FM, especially if viewed on large, >27-inch monitor. But, yes, to soft focusing effect.
p.111 #18 · Portrait and People Image Thread using Sony
robert614 wrote:
Great market shot Joshua!
It is a really nice picture. 99% certain it is staged though. Doesn't really matter much for the purpose of this thread or forum, but I'd still appreciate if such information is disclosed in such cases.
Same thing with the photos of the fisherman on Li river in the FE images thread - those are organized photoshoots (e.g. see here: )
p.111 #19 · Portrait and People Image Thread using Sony
fjablo wrote:
It is a really nice picture. 99% certain it is staged though. Doesn't really matter much for the purpose of this thread or forum, but I'd still appreciate if such information is disclosed in such cases.
Same thing with the photos of the fisherman on Li river in the FE images thread - those are organized photoshoots (e.g. see here: )
As I said, still nice images.
Staged? As it is not a real market? Yes, but like you said, it doesn't matter matter for the purpose of this thread in this forum and there is no provision of having to disclose the circumstances, similar to models that posed at an outdoor location or in the studio. I would agree to your point if it was entered into a competition. As matter of fact, I wouldn't do that to begin with.
