Originally Posted by powers_brent
This portrait is very beautiful! It shows everything I am looking to get out of my next lens purchase...great color, awesome sharpness and beautiful bokeh! Thanks for posting!
Denise
Originally Posted by powers_brent
This portrait is very beautiful! It shows everything I am looking to get out of my next lens purchase...great color, awesome sharpness and beautiful bokeh! Thanks for posting!
Denise
Originally Posted by Gina Franco
I fully agree with you Gina. I have seen many beautifully smooth backgrounds online of photos taken with this lens.
Thank you for posting and letting me know how pleased you are with the lens ...I think everyone has sold me on it and the beautiful photos posted here clinched it!
Denise
Haha I feel honored to be mentioned as a motivation to get this lens.[H]
Here's a couple more examples of mine taken with the 85, and of course you've already seen the most recent ones in the portraits thread. All of these were taken with a 350D w/ the 85 wide open at f/1.8 with the exception of the middle one which was shot at f/3.2.
(^ It's a real, living monkey in this photo, even though it looks so posed and fake ^)
Originally Posted by Garrett-Grimsley
I was beginning to wonder when you were going to chime in since you ARE the reason behind this entire thread! See how we talk about you when you're not around!! [:P]
BTW: Another set of awesome photos with this lens! Thanks for sharing & re-selling me on it! [Y]
Denise
Garrett, that second image is great. Great "pose", framing and exposure.
Originally Posted by Gina Franco
Thanks, Gina! Yes, that's our little one... []
Originally Posted by ddt0725
Thanks Denise! And about the bokeh, well it can be jagged in this case because of the window/fountain that was close behind her, but in other situations its creamy smooth.
By jagged I mean, if you look at almost all of the specular OOF elements, they are not soft nor round. I see it in all the photos. All shots are said to be shot wide open but I see what appears to be aperture blade shaping. I guess it is just me.
Originally Posted by Keith B
You know, now that I look at each more carefully ...I see what you are referring to and you are right, none of them are soft. Hmmmm...I'm going to have to think about this some more and look at a few more photos.
I think it was Gina that mentioned earlier in the post that she gets a creamy background from this lens. If so, I wonder if she wouldn't mind posting a few.
Does anyone else have a photo or two using this lens that you wouldn't mind posting?
Denise