[PIC_THREAD] People, Portraits, Street

I RARELY do portrait shots, but I thought I'd prat around with low key just using a flashgun instead of any studio equipment and see what I can do. Took the shot a while ago but only just got round to having a look at it due to other commitments.


Self Portrait by jjohnson2012, on Flickr
 
Were you very far away? Exif says it's 2.8 and 160mm so I'd have expected shallower DOF unless you were miles away!
 
That kind of oe you can control very easily with the highlight slider in lightroom :)

Those kinds of stage shots look sublime with some dof but the only way to do that really is to be up closer to the action, I find dof makes the stage characters pop out!

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Last night I did some lens micro adjustment adjustment tests, turns out the Sigma 50 1.4 is perfect at 0, my sample is a good sample! The 17-40L however required -5 on the W scale to be as sharp. Adjustments saved, mind at rest :D


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And another!

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Playing with my D600

Couple of quick shots of one of my girls, taken with the 50mm and cropped otherwise straight from the camera.



 
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