Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

[William]

Thanks Takahiro, I like this better. Here is the result with no further adjustment (just Gavin's preset on its own) cheers.






(My poor wife, she was just trying to enjoy a coffee on one of our few days together without the kids). Photographers wives, they do put up with a lot!

[w349]

@William, I sympathise with your wife but she

[William]

Hi w349, yes I did sharpen the eyes to brighten the catch-light, I thought that I might've overdone it and the fact that you commented probably confirms it. It's encouraging to receive nice comments but I also really appreciate a critical eye because it helps me develop as a photographer. Any thoughts or suggestions are very welcome!


1/30 sec


f 2.8


ISO 400


55 mm

[w349]

@William, always take my opinion with a pinch of salt but I suspect the eye sharpening isn

[William]

Ok, so for this shot would you have gone higher ISO and faster shutter with IS turned off? On this particular day we were walking around the city and I took along the camera. The classic walk-around situation with an ideal walk-around lens. My style was to keep IS on, AV mode, and use ISO 100-200 for outside and 400 for indoors. f4-8 outside, f2.8 inside. So when I walked into this cafe I switched to 2.8 and ISO 400. I'm not yet sure how far I can push the 30D for ISO but I figured 400-500 would be about its limit before noise became an issue. At the end of the day if I'm forced to make a trade off I'd rather deal with noise in PP than blur. What's your thoughts?


(oh, when shooting f8 outside I bumped the ISO to 400 for these situations also).

[w349]

I think in that situation I would have gone for 1/60 at ISO 800 and dealt with the noise in PP, like you say. But to contradict my earlier statement I would have kept IS turned on because 1/60 at ~85mm focal length (equivalent) is a speed I

[w349]

To get some more photos in... here's a portrait of sorts that I posted in the pets thread. Canon 450D 17-55 @ 50mm, 1/200 at f/3.5, ISO 100. Lighting was provided by a bright 11am window covered with a bedsheet as a diffuser. Critique welcome of course.


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