With her head turned as it is, I would gues her left eye is more than 1/ 1/3 inches further from the lens than her right eye. The camera could very well be focused on her right eye. In fact, the tip of her nose appears t be slightly soft. In any case, it matters not. It's an excellent portrait. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The plane of sharpest focus is about 1/2 to 3/4 inch closer to the > viewer. It looks like her right eye is within the range of acceptable > focus but not the plane of critical focus. At normal portrait shooting > distances, (about 4 1/2 feet), DOF is about an 1 1/3 inches, if her > right eye was the plain of critical focus her left eye would be in > acceptable focus, it isn't..Her fingertips which appear to be in the > same plane or just a bit, maybe 1/3 inch, behind the plane of her right > eye, are a bit soft. Her lips are sharp as is the tip of her nose. > When I'm tired this sort of thing bothers me more than when I'm rested, > I guess my brain won't correct for it. Right now it's a lovely > portrait, when I'm tired it makes my head hurt, well not hurt really, > but I experience a mental frustration, kind of like i have an itch I > can't scratch. > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > I would guess that her right eye is the point of critical focus. Note > > the detail in the iris and eyebrow. The DOF doesn't quite extend to > > the left eye, but that's too be expected with this pose at 1.2. > > Paul > > On Jan 22, 2008, at 1:31 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > > > > >> It looks a bit front focused to me. The tip of her nose is in > >> focus as > >> is her forearm and her right shoulder is almost in focus.. Not enough > >> DOF to cover that in a 1.2. In fact it's late I should be in bed and > >> this is really disturbing my eye when I look at it, (I have a hard > >> enough time focusing myself when I'm tired. > >> > >> Gonz wrote: > >> > >>> Just taking some snaps with the Cosina 50mm 1.2 for some interested > >>> members and this portrait kind of stood out for some reason to me. > >>> Wide open. Sorry if the image is real large, its was intended to > >>> showcase the lens' sharpness & bokeh. > >>> > >>> http://gonz.dyndns.org/cosina/IMGP8390.jpg > >>> > >>> Gonz > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. > >> A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. > >> When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world > >> -- Anonymous > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> and follow the directions. > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. > A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. > When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world > -- Anonymous > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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