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elderlemon · 02-09-2006 8:56am #1

Was playing around with my 350 and the Nifty Fifty (50mm 1.8) last night. Its a hard lens to get right expecially when my kid always seems to travel at 500 mph.

No post processing done. Just converted from raw to jpeg. 1/500th, F2.2, ISO 400. No flash. AI Servo.

joolsveer · 02-09-2006 8:59am

Great eye colour and good use of the shallow depth of field.

elderlemon · 02-09-2006 9:04am

thanks. The Gene gods were very generous on the eye colouring!!! I find the 50mm difficult to use at anything wider than F2. DOF is just too shallow unless the subject is totally still.

elven · 02-09-2006 9:48am

I really like the subtle colouring, and the yellow top balances up with those gorgeous blue eyes. It's a nice close crop, too. Cracking stuff.

joolsveer · 02-09-2006 10:21am

elderlemon wrote:

thanks. The Gene gods were very generous on the eye colouring!!! I find the 50mm difficult to use at anything wider than F2. DOF is just too shallow unless the subject is totally still.

There is no real difference between F2 and F1.8. Not like between F2 and F1.4.

elderlemon · 02-09-2006 10:25am

joolsveer wrote:

There is no real difference between F2 and F1.8. Not like between F2 and F1.4.

It was actually 2.8 which is a full stop - I had put in a little EC.

joolsveer · 02-09-2006 10:37am

I use a 350D and a 50mm F1.8 too and I set the automatic focusing to use one focus point and I find this helps. In the case of your photo I would try to set the focus on the nearest eye to me and vary the aperture a little between shots to get the desired effect.

CONMIKE12 · 02-09-2006 1:07pm

Lovely portrait of a very photogenic child.You have caught a really wonderful expression on his face there.I'd crop it even more,but thats just a personal taste thingy.

Zillah · 02-09-2006 3:01pm

Eyes are stunning, nice capture but I think he's creepy!

elderlemon · 02-09-2006 3:01pm

thanks for the comments. I'll spend some time on it later in PS and will probably crop a little closer. Comes out good in B&W with a little sepia but I hate to lose the colour of the eyes!

CONMIKE12 wrote:

Lovely portrait of a very photogenic child.You have caught a really wonderful expression on his face there.I'd crop it even more,but thats just a personal taste thingy.

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