Tack Sharp Eyes
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- canuck0
The eyes look fine bro.
- Boompapa0
And practice with zoom lenses (zoomed in) to get that shallow depth-of-field, playing with different apertures. If no zoom lenses, then take your 50 (or whatever) and move it as close to your subject as possible while still being able to focus.
Just do a series of experiments: move the 50mm in close, tack sharp focus, and shoot frames increasing the aperture by one (or half) each time. Then your 85. Then your zoom. Check out your results and see if you're getting there.
And don't forget a tripod, a remote (or timer), and use the mirror lock-up function. And obviously, your subject needs to remain tack still. Those fuckers like to move!
- Boompapa0
Tripod, mirror lock-up, timer or remote control for shutter.
- vaxorcist0
background bokeh out of focus-beauty also depends on distance from your subject to the background....
so, you can still shoot F2.8 or F3.5 if your background is very far away and somewhat "busy" and get something sort of like shooting F1.8 with a background closer to the subject... experiment...
- utopian0
- that sure makes it easier i need a model like thisHijoDMaite
- HijoDMaite0
I'm going to practice some of these last techniques posted on some models this week. I will start with lots of light such as close to a window so I can really get a fast shutter going. My goal will be to recompose the least possible.
I know higher aperture will give me insane good sharpness I am trying to work below 2.8 to get that real dreamy look on the face and hair though. It's got to exist I can't believe all these shots I posted were PP to look like that. Maybe the last one.
They came from 500px (i know they PP the shit out their stuff)
the first shot is at f/1.4 http://500px.com/photo/829624
second is also f/1.4 http://500px.com/photo/5738586
third is f/3.5
and last one is f/1.4 http://500px.com/photo/8713178All according to specs on 500px
- ok_not_ok0
- LMAO!!!HijoDMaite
- Is her neck broken?qTime
- mmhhhhh...utopian
- what a lie.antagonista
- vaxorcist0
note that you can crop later, but fixing focus later can be a mess....
- vaxorcist0
if at all possible, compose with a carefully chosen focus point DIRECTLY on the inside corner of the eye, then focus on that point and hit the shutter without recomposing at all....
....or recompose just a microscopic amount, but any camera movement can slightly give you that slightly out of focus-ness at say 3 feet at F1.4.....
- this is my method for shooting an 70-200 F2.8 at F2.8 at minimum distances...vaxorcist
- antagonista0
btw - a number of the images you uploaded were obviously not shot at 1.4.
- antagonista0
It's very simple. Aim to the inside corner of the eye. If you're shooting wide open and not using high end glass, the image is going to be softer - stop down a little. If you're trying to get both eyes sharp and you are at 1.4, the lens must be parallel with the head or one of the eyes will slip out of focus and into the bokeh.
Basically, you're over thinking it. You can download any number of iOS apps or web tools to tell you the exact DOF for your les (and camera since you're on a crop sensor).
- yes.. parallel is true.,.. and shooting a 50mm F1.4 lens at F4.5 or so can give you insane sharpness compared to 1.4vaxorcist
- 23kon0
3 of the images you posted are all very blurred and out of focus apart from the eyes - this will help to make the eyes look a lot sharper than an average photo (where everything IS in focus) too.
- vaxorcist0
sorry... second link above should be...
http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/a…
- vaxorcist0
50mm F1.4 at close distance at F1.4 = need very precise AF, I'd get a mannaquin head and practice like crazy, and fine-tune your camera's AF see below.... I shoot Nikon partly because I had issues with Canon AF, but Canon has since improved...
http://www.northlight-images.co.…
- HijoDMaite0
aaaaaahhhh! I see what you mean moving my point of focus not refocusing. meaning when I move my camera i change that distance due to the angle of movement!!
i think I get it now.
- HijoDMaite0
@Stian
I still don't agree with the article in DP, if I focus on the eye and recompose then EVERYTHING that is that distance from my camera should be in perfect focus. Why would it change if I recompose, it's not like I am refocusing on the chest or neck I maintain the focus distance of the eye by keeping the shutter half pressed.