On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Steve Jolly wrote: > http://www.elvum.net/gallery/barnes_flat/star_mike2 > > I really like this one. It's a photo of my (non-drinking) friend Mike > in a pub, taken from 45cm away with an M50/1.7 at f1.7 on Ilford Delta > 3200 pulled to 1600ASA. I call it a "macro portrait" for obvious > reasons. :-)
I like this one a lot too. The focus is really soft, but that works well with the grain of the film. The expression works well with the unusual framing and the disortions from shooting a portrait that close. It is too bad that the nose is overexposed. I think I would try to dodge that out a bit in the print (or fix it in Photoshop). alex
