And this is me

Awais Yaqub · June 25, 2008

Nifty fifty is good lens but i am still not able to get sharp focus and it has no warranty. thinking to upgrade to 50mm 1.4

kini62 · June 25, 2008

I normally really like your shots, but the watermark/big X is WAY too much.

Is the "X" part of the shot? Wires or something? Either way it's very difficult to look at.

JMO
Gene

heatherfeather · June 25, 2008

Amazing! You look like YOU! But cuter in a little boy sort of way. Is there another shutterbug at your house that took this long ago?

Awais Yaqub · June 25, 2008

kini62 wrote:

I normally really like your shots, but the watermark/big X is WAY too much.

Is the "X" part of the shot? Wires or something? Either way it's very difficult to look at.

JMO
Gene

I agree That X is way too much i will make something proper

thanks

Swartzy · June 25, 2008

Awais...are your birthday's going backwards?

Nice looking young lad! Love the processing.

Awais Yaqub · June 25, 2008

heatherfeather wrote:

Amazing! You look like YOU! But cuter in a little boy sort of way. Is there another shutterbug at your house that took this long ago?

I am the only Shutterbug around me

Actually kid was washing windscreens of the car and was looking his reflection very strangely so i shot it.

Awais Yaqub · June 25, 2008

Swartzy wrote:

Awais...are your birthday's going backwards? Nice looking young lad! Love the processing.

I think caption confused you "And this is me" are not my words. This is what i percieved from the moment when kid was looking at his reflection on windscreen. There are lots of poor kids like him doing this around to earn living s
thanks for looking

Shudderz · June 26, 2008

kini62 wrote:

I normally really like your shots, but the watermark/big X is WAY too much.

Is the "X" part of the shot? Wires or something? Either way it's very difficult to look at.

JMO
Gene

Coming from someone that has had images stolen recently.....I think people can look past a watermark. Mine is usually quite large across the bottom. The second time it was illegally posted on a site, they had cropped the image to remove my mark.

They should be receiving a letter from PPA's copyright defense department any day now. And my watermark will be staying fairly obtrusive....isn't that kind of the point?

Beautiful shot Awais......as always!

Scott_Quier · June 26, 2008

This is, as always, a very thought provoking shot.

As for the sharpness of the f/1.8 - I've read that it doesn't really shine until you stop it down a stop or two. According to the EXIF, your shot was made at f/2.8. Even so, I think this image, at least at the sizes available to us appears to be nicely sharp.

I used to have one of these and I found that the AF was not terribly reliable. When I was able to take multiple shots of the same subject, refocusing between exposures, I was usually able to get some really sharp images.

But, the f/1.4 is an all-around nicer lens to use.

Awais Yaqub · June 26, 2008

Hi Scott thanks for stopping here
Here is crop of the image. Usually when shooting in streets i forget to review image on LCD and shooting the subject again and agains haunts the subject. Can fix exposure issue in PS but focus issue is becoming horrific. My next purchase will be 1.4 50mm i hope it wont back focus

Scott_Quier · June 26, 2008

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Here is crop of the image. Usually when shooting in streets i forget to review image on LCD and shooting the subject again and agains haunts the subject. Can fix exposure issue in PS but focus issue is becoming horrific. My next purchase will be 1.4 50mm i hope it wont back focus

Yep - I can see what you mean there. That's got to be so frustrating. I also hope that your 1.4 doesn't back-focus on you.

Just a thought. It might not be the lens. Have you tested focus with your other lens to be sure that your camera isn't mis-calibrated?

Awais Yaqub · June 26, 2008

Scott_Quier wrote:

Yep - I can see what you mean there. That's got to be so frustrating. I also hope that your 1.4 doesn't back-focus on you.

Just a thought. It might not be the lens. Have you tested focus with your other lens to be sure that your camera isn't mis-calibrated?

Everything seems ok when i use Kit lens

i hope that is not so otherwise i am gone becauce my 400D also don't have warrenty

Scott_Quier · June 27, 2008

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Everything seems ok when i use Kit lens i hope that is not so otherwise i am gone becauce my 400D also don't have warrenty

If everything looks good with the other lens, then it's almost certainly not the camera that has the focusing issue. I suspect replacing the 50 f/1.8 with the f/1.4 will correct your issues. I sure hope so!

beetle8 · June 27, 2008

I think the image is great,
I also don't think the softness hurts the image.

Awais Yaqub · June 27, 2008

Scott_Quier wrote:

If everything looks good with the other lens, then it's almost certainly not the camera that has the focusing issue. I suspect replacing the 50 f/1.8 with the f/1.4 will correct your issues. I sure hope so!

Yes i remember i used 17-85 of my friend and results were nice and well focused. Anyway i am not in rush will upgrade when time comes:D. But i found 50mm range perfect

Awais Yaqub · June 27, 2008

beetle8 wrote:

I think the image is great,
I also don't think the softness hurts the image.

thank you i am glad you liked it
regards

And this is me

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