headshot critique

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    Thanks for all the comments so far. I agree that the 2nd is the weakest. These were all shot with a nikkor 50mm under pretty bad lighting conditions (at night with only lamps + lamp shades etc) not that I'm making excuses or anything...

    A telephoto would have been nice but I actually quite like the intimate feel the shallow focus gives you.

    How about a little colour..

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    • you can get localized DOF from a tele, I think you're misunderstanding the nature of the lensidiots
    • hmm it would seem so. Could you explain a little more?huw_cy
    • You def captured a good look, here. Like this one a lot.Continuity
    • Better look. More relaxed and less freaked out looking.goldieboy
    • as long as you have a large aperture, small number (1.2-2.0+) you have a narrow DOF to work withidiots
    • the aperture size is important, not the lens length in achieving a shallow DOFidiots
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