Hi Benedictine,
I know how hard self portraits can be and you have pulled this one off very well. A really stunning image. I wonder if you could have sent the message even more clearly by having your hands together in the commonly understood image of prayer. However as i say a really good image.
Take care
Mark
Thanks Mark for this, I appreciate your comments. As far as the hands are concerned I did try it but two things put me off, firstly I had trouble getting the focus right as I had then to use the camera’s timer rather than using a remote switch which I did here. Secondly, and at least to me more importantly, I do not put my hands together during contemplation!
Regards,
Andrew-Bede
Hi Andrew,
Understand your predicament now, your hand cant be in two places at once
Also apologise for my misunderstanding of the differances between prayer and contemplation.
As i say its a difficult thing to do, and get yourself in focus. I also started using f4 as i wanted the bgd out of focus. Then found out that with a 50mm lens at f4 the depth of field at 5ft subject to lens distance is only 6 inches. At 4ft this reduces to 4in etc....
Changed my f number to 8 and had a great deal more success as my effective dof doubled.
Take care
Mark
Back from a few days away and just want to thank you all for your helpful and encouraging comments. I have learned a lot from this assignment and your comments are definitely a part of that learning process. Cheers,
Andrew-Bede
IMHO there's no need to improve lighting in this pic. A bit less on the forehead would be nice (e.g. EC-0.5) but then, the details in the neck would have been lost. Some sort of a shade maybe?
