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PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:16 am    Post subject: Woman-portrait Reply with quote

Three pictures of the same woman, one of many sitting at the entrance of Jaisalmer Fort, selling souvenirs-or their pictures. She obviously knows how to pose. As she spoke some English, we could talk a little.
All with the Summicron 500 @ f 2.8. The third one is not really 100% in focus, but so what, I still like it. As the colours were just too gaudy, I de-saturated somewhat.












PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

500???!!!

Lovely pics, and I wouldn't notice the focus on the third, and I like it too.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oops, a typo! It is of course the Summicron 50mm. Thanks, Nesster.

Thomas


PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great portraits!


PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That last one is reminiscent of the great shot of the Afghan lady


patrickh


PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Boy, the second one is brilliant. Just love this shot.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

superb portraits!


PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those are great. I take it this is film not digi?


PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

martinsmith99 wrote:
I take it this is film not digi?


EXIF data says it's Nikon D700


PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I once read in an article in the Leica magazine LFI that a photographer using the then new M8 preferred to set his camera to ISO 320 because he thinks his pictures look less plastic, more like film. I'm not religious and don't believe in religious wars between digital and analogue, sensor vs film (or Canon vs Nikon, Windows vs Mac), but I somewhow got so used to set my D700 to ISO 320 that I even forget about it and only when I see, there is an overexposure, I set it back to IS0 200 or 100. Maybe that's why some of the pictures look different, but I think here it has to do with the lighting situation: the sun was illuminating the wall in the back and the face was pretty dark. I had to compensate for this and the result maybe looks somewhat 'filmy'.

Thomas

Thanks for your comments.