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[Dave Throgmartin]

Here's a couple more Christmas shots. Both are with the Zeiss 50 1.4 Planar in available light. Accurate focusing at this thin depth of field manually on a stock APS-C camera is impossible so I used live view.

First, my father & mother in-laws cat with out of focus highlight background. The tree was properly exposed and the the cat not. I tried to save it the best I could in post and am reasonably happy with the result. This was wide open at f/1.4


2012_12_24_1909_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr

Second, Santa enjoying a Caribbean Christmas at f/2.


2012_12_24_1915_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr

Dave