Tack Sharp Eyes
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- Stian0
"I always use auto focus, always use single point focus and I always focus on the eyes and recompose."
That´s the problem right there. You focus and then recompose. When recomposing you move your focus as well.
- not if I keep the shutter button pressed half-wayHijoDMaite
- It´s not refocusing, you are moving your point of focus.Stian
- yeah, and it's only augmented by the large aperture.Chief
- Stian0
A quick google search..
http://digital-photography-schoo…- That's it. Not a problem at f11 for example, but on f1.2 it's a big problem.SimonFFM
- SimonFFM0
I somehow find post production sharpening with masks pretty wierd. The recomposing is a problem at apertures like 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, etc. because moving the camera only slightly changes the focus already.
- I see what you are saying. i didn't really know that at those apertures it changed. I try and elso moveHijoDMaite
- the focus point manually to get as close to the eyes so i don't have to move too much.HijoDMaite
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.…
- vaxorcist0
sorry... second link above should be...
http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/a…
- 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.
- 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
- antagonista0
btw - a number of the images you uploaded were obviously not shot at 1.4.
- 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
- vaxorcist0
note that you can crop later, but fixing focus later can be a mess....
- albums0
don't use auto focus, use more light, also, nothing wrong with liking 4 of 30 shots, I'm used to liking about 10% of my photos
- do you always use manual focus?HijoDMaite
- in the studio yeah, out on the street, noalbums
- that makes sense, although I've hard the most professional photojournalists use manual all the time.HijoDMaite
- You can get fast at manual focus in time. I had some lenses that broke, so I only had to do manual focus.nikdaum
- HijoDMaite0
I always use auto focus, always use single point focus and I always focus on the eyes and recompose.
You're right I think most of the time it is a light issue combined with figuring out the exact formula of distance of mode land camera depending on aperture. Especially when I'm down in the 1s.
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.
- *model and cameraHijoDMaite
- more light = faster shutter. easier to darken a photo than recover italbums
- yupHijoDMaite
- I thought it was easier to pull some detail from dark shadows than detail from overexposed highlights?Amicus
- Boompapa0
Tripod, mirror lock-up, timer or remote control for shutter.
- ok_not_ok0
- LMAO!!!HijoDMaite
- Is her neck broken?qTime
- mmhhhhh...utopian
- what a lie.antagonista