Wicked Shallow DOF

RBrogenRBrogen Registered Users Posts: 1,518 Major grins
edited September 29, 2009 in People
I was soooo mad at myself for missing this shot because I was tinkering around. The DOF is such a thin slice that only the tips of her right eyelashes are in focus and some of her eyebrow......now I know though :)

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Randy Brogen, CPP
www.brogen.com

Member: PPA , PPANE, PPAM & NAPP

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  • rhondavidrhondavid Registered Users Posts: 433 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2009
    I think that is what you would call paper thin! Wow!!!
    David

    D40
    18 - 55 kit lens
    55- 200 VR kit lens
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  • RBrogenRBrogen Registered Users Posts: 1,518 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2009
    rhondavid wrote:
    I think that is what you would call paper thin! Wow!!!
    Yeah that 135 is a sweet piece of glass but at f/2.0 for a candid shot you have to be very lucky to have the subject's face perfectly square and be lucky enough to focus exactly on the eye and not the eye lashes.
    Randy Brogen, CPP
    www.brogen.com

    Member: PPA , PPANE, PPAM & NAPP
  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2009
    Are you sure it's not simply front focused? I can't discern anything in the foreground that's not in focus. And for what it's worth, I think the focal points add to the shot. I like how the clarity of the eyelashes draws me in and how there are a set of hairs upper left that give definition to the shot. The gold-ish splotches across the forehead and bridge of the nose are a bit distracting.
  • RBrogenRBrogen Registered Users Posts: 1,518 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2009
    michswiss wrote:
    Are you sure it's not simply front focused? I can't discern anything in the foreground that's not in focus. And for what it's worth, I think the focal points add to the shot. I like how the clarity of the eyelashes draws me in and how there are a set of hairs upper left that give definition to the shot. The gold-ish splotches across the forehead and bridge of the nose are a bit distracting.

    Thanks Mitch. The splotches are actually sunlight coming through the trees :) and the crop is literally sooc.
    Randy Brogen, CPP
    www.brogen.com

    Member: PPA , PPANE, PPAM & NAPP
  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2009
    That's a very thin DoF! I would have liked a little more DoF for this shot though, shotwise.
    Ivar
    www.ivarborst.nl & smugmug
  • RBrogenRBrogen Registered Users Posts: 1,518 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2009
    ivar wrote:
    That's a very thin DoF! I would have liked a little more DoF for this shot though, shotwise.

    Yeah I wished I had a bit more DoF as well.
    Randy Brogen, CPP
    www.brogen.com

    Member: PPA , PPANE, PPAM & NAPP
  • FlutistFlutist Registered Users Posts: 704 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2009
    Whaoh!!!
    ~Shannon~

    Canon 50D, Rebel XTi,Canon 24-105L, Canon 50mm 1.8, Tamron 28-75 2.8, 430EX
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    my real job
    looking for someone to photograph my wedding 8/11
  • RBrogenRBrogen Registered Users Posts: 1,518 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2009
    Flutist wrote:
    Whaoh!!!


    For sure....just rented this lens, 135 L Prime again along with an 85 L Prime to do some more testing.
    Randy Brogen, CPP
    www.brogen.com

    Member: PPA , PPANE, PPAM & NAPP
  • ElaineElaine Registered Users Posts: 3,532 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2009
    Oh, but look how creamy the rest is. Dreamy! I have a hankerin' for that lens! thumb.gif
    Elaine

    Comments and constructive critique always welcome!

    Elaine Heasley Photography
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