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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:28 am    Post subject: Portraits Reply with quote
First one with a Samyang 84/1.4, all others Helios 40, any C&C welcomed as always.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
#4 to me on others too much dark area on face.


PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Regarding picture #1: wide open portraits are very nice, but you need to make sure that both eyes are on the same focus line (frontal),
because depth of field is shallow at 85mm and it doesn't look good when one eye is super sharp and the other is defocused.
In picture #2 the difference of focus between the eyes is smaller (because of the aperture, but maybe also because the lens is less sharp),
so the image feels better. #3 solves the problem because it's a nearly pure profile so the other eye is invisible.
In general, when taking close-up portraits of face and shoulders only, it's better to stop down to a safety aperture (e.g. f/4 or f/5.6)
and if there is not enough separation from the background, place the subject farther from the background.


PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I prefer #4 and #5, better light and background


PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
Regarding picture #1: wide open portraits are very nice, but you need to make sure that both eyes are on the same focus line (frontal),
because depth of field is shallow at 85mm and it doesn't look good when one eye is super sharp and the other is defocused.
In picture #2 the difference of focus between the eyes is smaller (because of the aperture, but maybe also because the lens is less sharp),
so the image feels better. #3 solves the problem because it's a nearly pure profile so the other eye is invisible.
In general, when taking close-up portraits of face and shoulders only, it's better to stop down to a safety aperture (e.g. f/4 or f/5.6)
and if there is not enough separation from the background, place the subject farther from the background.


+10


PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
Regarding picture #1: wide open portraits are very nice, but you need to make sure that both eyes are on the same focus line (frontal),
because depth of field is shallow at 85mm and it doesn't look good when one eye is super sharp and the other is defocused.
In picture #2 the difference of focus between the eyes is smaller (because of the aperture, but maybe also because the lens is less sharp),
so the image feels better. #3 solves the problem because it's a nearly pure profile so the other eye is invisible.
In general, when taking close-up portraits of face and shoulders only, it's better to stop down to a safety aperture (e.g. f/4 or f/5.6)
and if there is not enough separation from the background, place the subject farther from the background.


Thanx Orio and all others for the comments, as always it very intresting to hear how other see your pictures.
The idea was to "hide" the oof eye in the "chiaroscuro", at least on some, i try to nail the focus on the eye in the brighter part. I am "experimenting" with chiaroscuro and shooting backlit lately, very difficult to do and even harder to post process, difficult to get the balance between the darker parts and the brighter one correctly.
All where taken wide open, i agree that the "softness" of the Helios helps to make the difference between the eyes less evident, then there are also slight differences in PP sharpening. I was trying to stir away from a classic passport head and shoulders portrait, that would have been easyer to do.
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