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Don't Go to Work Daddy!!
Yes, I wish 
Just a snap from this morning. I've been using my 50mm/f1.7 more and experimenting with shallow depth of field. Of course, it's a real pain with kids (especially this one!) because they don't keep still for even 500ms!! LOL!
Still, I rather liked the colour and angle, so I thought I'd share this summery image.
As Mr H. would say, this is "straight" photography. No tricks, practically no PS (a bit of sharpening). Pretty much straight out of camera (cropped RHS).
| Title: | Don't....!! |
| Username: | 
mattmatic |
| Uploaded: | 22 Jun 2005 - 1:37 AM |
| Camera: | Pentax *ist-D |
| Lens: | Pentax SMC-F 50mm/f1.7 |
| Tags: | Portraits / people |
| Votes: | 19 |
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Looks good to me Matt (bigger version looks a bit soft though)
recognised those eyes ...just been thro a nostalgia trip in your portfolio ,,,bout a year ago ...funny stuff ... hope your well my good man ...take it easy
smiling big time ...thanxx for those links ,,,god that was funny ..hehehehe ..take it easy duderino ..
Excellent angle and DOF.Good skin tones, stunning eyes.
Abdul
I like the angle and the exposure is good but the softness in the eyes lets the shot down a bit. I know how hard these are too so I can sympathise. I'm going away to visit our friends in France next week and I always take loads of pictures of their two beautiful daughters (2 and 3 year olds), but don't ask them to stand still for a pico second as it's not going to happen.
Also with a depth of field of 1.7, even if the focus was spot on, the back eye might still have been soft (or the front depending on the your focal point) For such a shallow dof, a viewpoint that has the eyes equi-distant from the camera might help. So just say to your son, "Hold your head right there my lad whilst I move around and get the camera equi-distant from both eyes. That's it, hold it there and..."
;o)
Hahaha! ROFL! Yeah, I can just imagine him responding to that invitation! Thanks for the critique I always appreciate your honest comments! In fact, it wasn't f1.7, I think it was f3.5... I know the focus lets it down, but I shot a load and this was the sharpest. Still, there's always next time...
love it, so natural, and fresh, just how I like'm, thanx, click (*:*)
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