Tack Sharp Eyes
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- 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!
- canuck0
The eyes look fine bro.
- 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
- utopian0
- that sure makes it easier i need a model like thisHijoDMaite
- ok_not_ok0
I think images used a lasso selection with very soft edge on the eye area and then Smart Sharpened in Photochop.
- HijoDMaite0
@ ok_not_ok
I use a lasso selection for the eyes as well but I only use it for levels to brighten the white and then again to in the iris to bring out the color.
I use either unsharp mask or high pass sharp for the entire image which helps sharpen the eyes and then I brush away sections of the image that I don't want the high pass on.
Are you saying I should select the eye alone and sharpen that?
ok I just saw a tutorial on smart sharpen for the eyes right here and I am going to try this:
This is the best I have gotten and it was with my 85mm 1.8 so I am hoping I can get better results with my 50mm 1.4
- I just tried this guy's technique in this tutorial and I like it actually.HijoDMaite
- melq0
The best sharpening technique I've found is to (in PS) duplicate the image layer and apply the High Pass filter (filter > other > high pass). Use enough to show the important edges without adding a halo. Then set the layer to "overlay" and adjust the opacity.
Regardless of what you are starting with, you'll see an improvement using these steps.
Other post recipes, such as varying steps of dodging and burning, will contribute to exceptional results when trying to emphasize the eyes.
- autoflavour0
kind of hard to tell at the image size you uploaded at..
they look pretty sharp..
- 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...
- scruffics0
HijoDMaite: "Fuck man the last shot of the girl was shot at 1.4 and I doubt they used a tripod. Actually it was shot at 1/320 so maybe they did"
i wouldn't be surprised if they "enhanced" soft focus and DOP on this shot in post production. that blur looks suspicious to me
- more than suspicious.Amicus
- I see what you meanHijoDMaite
- The lips look more in focus than the rest around themqTime