Anzai, Hideaki 24.06.07

• mcgrattan

• Jul 4, 2007

This is nice, the facial expression is very good. For me personally, I'd have liked a bit more depth of field just to bring the outer margins of the face a bit more into focus. But it's still a great portrait.

 

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  David A. Goldfarb

• Jul 4, 2007

Not a bad start at all!

Manual flash triggering works fine with these old lenses. The strobes are so much brighter than ambient that as long as you're reasonably quick about it, ghost images are not so much of a problem as people imagine.

 

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  tony lockerbie

• Jul 4, 2007

This is a great portrait, I especially love the really shallow DOF, gives the image a strong 3D effect. Great bokeh on this lens BTW.
Tony

 

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  Tamas

• Jul 4, 2007

love the shallow depth of field... great work here

 

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  Paddy

• Jul 4, 2007

Thanks for the encouraging comments! I really appreciate them.

 

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  Jersey Vic

• Jul 4, 2007

I think this is superb; great work Paddy.

 

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  Paddy

• Jul 5, 2007

"I'd have liked a bit more depth"
- Being a Heliar, it would loose it's special quality if stopped down. Then it'd be as sharp and contrasty as the same old same old. That being said, I would like to have something a bit longer than 30cm, so that I wouldn't have to be less than five feet away from the sitter's face.

Thanks again.