I'm not sure myself. The original is not as soft but it also isn't anywhere near tack. I was learning to use mu 50mm 1.4 so it's very possible I screwed up the 3" DOF at that time.
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Love wide open... done well.
Just cause this thread inspired me I am going to do my entire shoot tonight with the 85 at 1.4. will add to this thread when I get them done.
Lots of really nice shots posted!
I'm amazed at your wide open shots with your 50 F1.4 though. I'm gonna have to try that. I was never able to get sharp shots the last time I tried it which was on a crop body.
I'm amazed at your wide open shots with your 50 F1.4 though. I'm gonna have to try that. I was never able to get sharp shots the last time I tried it which was on a crop body.
Oops! I guess I should have checked and not assumed - deleted the non wide open one.
It's really easy to miss your focus point this wide
135mm shot at f/2.0, 1/125 sec, ISO 1,000 in dim light handheld (but both elbows were propped on the table to stabilize the camera) and very close to the min focus distance (3') of the lens. The focus point is his nose, and so the eyes are already a tad soft. None of the fingers are in focus. If I was doing this "for real" instead of an informal in-the-moment candid, I'd use a tripod and ton more light to get the shutter speed up there. The lesson here, well one of many, is that there is no room for error this close and this wide when the DOF is so thin. The 135mm f/2.0L on a 5D2 resolves individual hairs just fine when you let it, and hair is a great way in these shots to show your DOF. The textbook example is when you only get one eye in focus, here it's getting the nose means you don't get the eyes.
The lovely shots earlier in this thread make it look far easier than it actually is some times.
Not strictly a person... yet, but he did hop in the front door last night. My wife said she already has her prince charming and so was unwilling to give him a kiss.
Today afternoon.
My Subject didn't want to take the sunglasses off.
Shot straight at the center of the nose bridge.(Handheld). 50 mm
1.8
1/640
ISO 100
Nikon D3100
Thanks,
Carlos.
Sigma 50 1.4, though I think this is stopped down to 1.6, so it's not technically max aperture.
Haha I probably should delete it if it doesn't qualify. Lemme know amigos!
This was from a run and gun 8th grade trip to NY/DC/Philadelphia we did for the school over Memorial Day week. Wish there had been time to get more than snapshots, but as it was...
This was taken next to an old brick wall at Mt. Vernon.
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I'm not sure myself. The original is not as soft but it also isn't anywhere near tack. I was learning to use mu 50mm 1.4 so it's very possible I screwed up the 3" DOF at that time.
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Nikolai I am digging that shot. I think that would be an awesome wall hanger in black and white!
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Just cause this thread inspired me I am going to do my entire shoot tonight with the 85 at 1.4. will add to this thread when I get them done.
Lots of really nice shots posted!
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Missed the focus a bit but still love it, but I am a little biased on this one...
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I tend to shoot 90% of my stuff wide open.
I'm amazed at your wide open shots with your 50 F1.4 though. I'm gonna have to try that. I was never able to get sharp shots the last time I tried it which was on a crop body.
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Oops! I guess I should have checked and not assumed - deleted the non wide open one.
I have a love/hate relationship the 50 1.4.
135mm shot at f/2.0, 1/125 sec, ISO 1,000 in dim light handheld (but both elbows were propped on the table to stabilize the camera) and very close to the min focus distance (3') of the lens. The focus point is his nose, and so the eyes are already a tad soft. None of the fingers are in focus. If I was doing this "for real" instead of an informal in-the-moment candid, I'd use a tripod and ton more light to get the shutter speed up there. The lesson here, well one of many, is that there is no room for error this close and this wide when the DOF is so thin. The 135mm f/2.0L on a 5D2 resolves individual hairs just fine when you let it, and hair is a great way in these shots to show your DOF. The textbook example is when you only get one eye in focus, here it's getting the nose means you don't get the eyes.
The lovely shots earlier in this thread make it look far easier than it actually is some times.
Not strictly a person... yet, but he did hop in the front door last night. My wife said she already has her prince charming and so was unwilling to give him a kiss.
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I'll play along as well: all shot at 200@2.8 on my trip to Australia, SOC:
1) getting dragged into the ocean...
2) Surfer kid
3) playing
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I love my 50mm but mine is manual focus only making it hard to chase kids around with. I've gotten some really nice shots with it though.
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Did you get sucked into babysitting again??
Nice photos everyone. My 50mm 1.4 scares me .......
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My Subject didn't want to take the sunglasses off.
Shot straight at the center of the nose bridge.(Handheld).
50 mm
1.8
1/640
ISO 100
Nikon D3100
Thanks,
Carlos.
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Sigma 50 1.4, though I think this is stopped down to 1.6, so it's not technically max aperture.
Haha I probably should delete it if it doesn't qualify. Lemme know amigos!
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Love love love. I really like what shallow dof does to textured colored backgrounds.
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This was from a run and gun 8th grade trip to NY/DC/Philadelphia we did for the school over Memorial Day week. Wish there had been time to get more than snapshots, but as it was...
This was taken next to an old brick wall at Mt. Vernon.
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Here are a couple self-portraits, I think both were at 1.4:
1. I'm ok with the missed focus
2.
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