Nice series, Huss. Riley looks like he's tired after a nice long walk.
My personal preference in close-up doggie portraits is to go for a little narrower aperture. Because dogs that have a longer nose/deeper face are tougher to photograph than people, their nose tends to slip out of focus when using what I think of as a wide 'portrait' aperture. When I look at my dog, I see him with his eyes and nose in focus and I think of him that way when I take a portrait. My preference is to try to get the whole head in focus without bokeh (well, at least the eyes and nose but not always the ears), but that's just my artistic vision that not everyone may agree with.
I really like the third image the most -- the first two images look like he's a model putting up with a photographer who just keeps shooting, but in the third one he looks like he's tired and happy after a long day outside.
coralnut wrote:
Nice series, Huss. Riley looks like he's tired after a nice long walk.
My personal preference in close-up doggie portraits is to go for a little narrower aperture. Because dogs that have a longer nose/deeper face are tougher to photograph than people, their nose tends to slip out of focus when using what I think of as a wide 'portrait' aperture. When I look at my dog, I see him with his eyes and nose in focus and I think of him that way when I take a portrait. My preference is to try to get the whole head in focus without bokeh (well, at least the eyes and nose but not always the ears), but that's just my artistic vision that not everyone may agree with.
I really like the third image the most -- the first two images look like he's a model putting up with a photographer who just keeps shooting, but in the third one he looks like he's tired and happy after a long day outside....Show more →
A narrower/smaller aperture would have been ideal but these snaps were hand held and the shutter speed was already 1/15 sec at 1.4 max! So that's where that story ends.
It was nice to see than my $20 N80 nails focus at 1.4 too. Something my mighty $1200 F6 often fails to do.
Desmolicious wrote:
A narrower/smaller aperture would have been ideal but these snaps were hand held and the shutter speed was already 1/15 sec at 1.4 max! So that's where that story ends.
It was nice to see than my $20 N80 nails focus at 1.4 too. Something my mighty $1200 F6 often fails to do.
I keep forgetting how awesome the N80 is.
I just bought another N80 today. Super practical little cameras.
A narrower/smaller aperture would have been ideal but these snaps were hand held and the shutter speed was already 1/15 sec at 1.4 max! So that's where that story ends.
Hmmm. Didn't realize that the light was so low. I've tried to use flash in those situations. That explains why every time my dog sees the camera he closes his eyes.
Look at that, perfect! Yeah I have two N80s for the grand total of $50. Why two? Because they are just two good…
Also have that lens, as well as the later G version it came kitted with. Ridiculously good lenses.
If you told someone you used an F6 for that pic, no-one would have doubted you. The only reason I spend more on a P&S camera is I can slip them in my pocket.
