I shoot quite a lot of photographs at f/1.4 with this lens, but it's not all that often that I end up with something two days in a row that I'm happy with. Anyway, here's one of Amirah to match the one of Rhowan I put up yesterday.
captured camera lens aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO flash image quality RAW converter cropped?
7.40pm on 11/12/06
Canon 20D
EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
f/1.4
1/15
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
100
580EX
RAW
C1 Pro
1x1 (and a bit)
comment by Jennifer at 10:43 PM (GMT) on 11 December, 2006
I love the composition, DOF and point of focus - I'm not sure about the processing - but not entirely sure why - might grow on me!
comment byDoug at 10:45 PM (GMT) on 11 December, 2006
Yea i agree with Jennifer
I'm more drawn to the thumbnail again
maybe i am too close to my monitor...
nice work
comment byJamey at 11:17 PM (GMT) on 11 December, 2006
Lovely shot but my first though looking at it was (uber-geekily) "that's never got a full histogram," so I took the Jpeg into Photoshop and sure enough the histogram stops about two thirds of the way. So i put a levels adjustment layer on, pulled the whie point in and ok'd it. Immediately I noticed that the bridge of her nose and top of her cheek didn't look right so I guess that must be why you decided to leave it without pushing the histogram to the top. With a bit of quick'n'dirty masking on those areas, however, I did manage to spot some potential for making a version with the full range of tones.
Anyway, I'm just being a nerd really. I love this shot :)
comment byAndre at 12:24 AM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
David, I like this type of shot, I have one quite similar that I put up a week or so ago, http://www.pixelaspects.com/archives/2006/11/bliss.html, I am very interested to explore this type of close-up portrait style as it on one side removes character traces, but at the same type gives a more emotional focus of the situation. However I do think the focus for this shot should have been more focused on the eye-lids than the lips.
comment by Rizla at 01:12 AM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
I'm still getting my head round using a dslr and different lenses so I'm prepared to be laughed at but is the 1.4 a macro lens? I have a 50mm 2.5 but I don't get as as much focused area as in, particularly, yesterdays shot. then again I haven't been using it for portraits. As a matter of interest, how far away was the subject when the shot was taken (again with more reference to yesterdays shot than todays)? Nice work, by the way.
comment byJoseph at 01:52 AM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
one of my favorite portrait shots from you david. wonderful
comment bynavin harish at 03:15 AM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
Great shot. Lovely angle
comment bygeckonia at 04:23 AM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
Lovely shot, but I'm seeing evidence of editing in the blacks next to the lips and the lower right hand corner. I don't think that's intentional... I do like the idea and the tones though.
comment bystefan at 08:05 AM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
Just another great shot of you! Very harmonic composition.
comment byderlitograph at 08:18 AM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
Such smoothness. Love how you created this picture. Great perspective!! Hope to get response from you someday ;-) ... a fan!
comment bymilou at 09:45 AM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
Nice work. Reminds me of a 1920s Hollywood film star shot.
comment byriesenriel at 11:34 AM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
Beautiful soft portrait with this angle. Well composed!
comment by Simon Goodchild at 11:58 AM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
Shooting at F1.4 can often be hit or miss as the depth of field can be almost zero, but in this case you've really nailed it well: possibly because you can't see her eyes where any lack of sharpness can really detract from the image.
Nice one, Dave. Perhaps I should let my 50mm F1.4 lens drop below F2.0 every now and again!
comment byRich at 12:03 PM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
Great DOF. I really like the softness of this photo.
Dave
Is the dark area heavily burned in or did you actually go for a dark background to this shot? and let exposure just drop it away?
Regards
Craig
comment byJoão Coutinho at 08:12 PM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
I love this shot!
comment byTony S. at 08:25 PM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
Brilliant shot, I really love the lighting and the DOF.
comment byJelb at 09:51 PM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
Bonsoir,
Very well done shot, as the precedent...Frame, dof are very well! Bravo! (sorry for incorrect English..French..!)
comment bydjn1 at 11:17 PM (GMT) on 12 December, 2006
Thanks everyone.
Jennifer: I'd be interested to hear what it was about the processing that you weren't sure about as I don't think I did anything especially unusual with this one.
Jamey: personally I think that a more restricted range suits this one, but it's a personal preference.
Andre: yep, that would have been a more standard choice.
Rizla: I'm not sure how close they were, but neither are cropped. Well, not much, so you should be able to get a reasonable idea.
geckonia: actually, you're seeing evidence of where the blacks weren't altered. The major changes were made in the upper right of the image.
Craig: a bit of both.
Jelb: don't worry – your English is considerably better than my French :-)
comment byRobert at 02:50 AM (GMT) on 13 December, 2006
Feels vaguely womb-like to me (though her eyebrows sort of nix it).
comment byEric Hancock at 04:47 PM (GMT) on 7 January, 2007
I shoot quite a lot of photographs at f/1.4 with this lens, but it's not all that often that I end up with something two days in a row that I'm happy with. Anyway, here's one of Amirah to match the one of Rhowan I put up yesterday.
camera
lens
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
cropped?
Canon 20D
EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
f/1.4
1/15
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
100
580EX
RAW
C1 Pro
1x1 (and a bit)
I love the composition, DOF and point of focus - I'm not sure about the processing - but not entirely sure why - might grow on me!
Yea i agree with Jennifer
I'm more drawn to the thumbnail again
maybe i am too close to my monitor...
nice work
Lovely shot but my first though looking at it was (uber-geekily) "that's never got a full histogram," so I took the Jpeg into Photoshop and sure enough the histogram stops about two thirds of the way. So i put a levels adjustment layer on, pulled the whie point in and ok'd it. Immediately I noticed that the bridge of her nose and top of her cheek didn't look right so I guess that must be why you decided to leave it without pushing the histogram to the top. With a bit of quick'n'dirty masking on those areas, however, I did manage to spot some potential for making a version with the full range of tones.
Anyway, I'm just being a nerd really. I love this shot :)
David, I like this type of shot, I have one quite similar that I put up a week or so ago, http://www.pixelaspects.com/archives/2006/11/bliss.html, I am very interested to explore this type of close-up portrait style as it on one side removes character traces, but at the same type gives a more emotional focus of the situation. However I do think the focus for this shot should have been more focused on the eye-lids than the lips.
I'm still getting my head round using a dslr and different lenses so I'm prepared to be laughed at but is the 1.4 a macro lens? I have a 50mm 2.5 but I don't get as as much focused area as in, particularly, yesterdays shot. then again I haven't been using it for portraits. As a matter of interest, how far away was the subject when the shot was taken (again with more reference to yesterdays shot than todays)? Nice work, by the way.
one of my favorite portrait shots from you david. wonderful
Great shot. Lovely angle
Lovely shot, but I'm seeing evidence of editing in the blacks next to the lips and the lower right hand corner. I don't think that's intentional... I do like the idea and the tones though.
Just another great shot of you! Very harmonic composition.
Such smoothness. Love how you created this picture. Great perspective!! Hope to get response from you someday ;-) ... a fan!
Nice work. Reminds me of a 1920s Hollywood film star shot.
Beautiful soft portrait with this angle. Well composed!
Shooting at F1.4 can often be hit or miss as the depth of field can be almost zero, but in this case you've really nailed it well: possibly because you can't see her eyes where any lack of sharpness can really detract from the image.
Nice one, Dave. Perhaps I should let my 50mm F1.4 lens drop below F2.0 every now and again!
Great DOF. I really like the softness of this photo.
Dave
Is the dark area heavily burned in or did you actually go for a dark background to this shot? and let exposure just drop it away?
Regards
Craig
I love this shot!
Brilliant shot, I really love the lighting and the DOF.
Bonsoir,
Very well done shot, as the precedent...Frame, dof are very well! Bravo! (sorry for incorrect English..French..!)
Thanks everyone.
Jennifer: I'd be interested to hear what it was about the processing that you weren't sure about as I don't think I did anything especially unusual with this one.
Jamey: personally I think that a more restricted range suits this one, but it's a personal preference.
Andre: yep, that would have been a more standard choice.
Rizla: I'm not sure how close they were, but neither are cropped. Well, not much, so you should be able to get a reasonable idea.
geckonia: actually, you're seeing evidence of where the blacks weren't altered. The major changes were made in the upper right of the image.
Craig: a bit of both.
Jelb: don't worry – your English is considerably better than my French :-)
Feels vaguely womb-like to me (though her eyebrows sort of nix it).
Wonderful.