Yes i had noticed that. I rarely use AF-C and i had it set for AF-c for something ii did earlier and forgot to reset to AF-S. I remember focusing on her eyes, then recomposed ever so slightly, thus the slight oof on the eyes.
I'll try your suggestion. They want an 8x10 of it. Dave Dave On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Anthony Farr<[email protected]> wrote: > Dave, > > It's a terrific action portrait but unfortunately you've just missed > focus on her eyes, the camera's grabbed the lint on her helmet > instead. > > Have you ever thought about localised sharpening. Just make a > correction layer and sharpen it for the eyes, not caring about the > quality of anything else. Then put an unsharpened layer on top and > erase just the eyes, so that the sharpened layer shows through only at > the eyes.. You'll get sharp eyes but keep the smooth soft tones of > the rest of the girl's face > > regards, Anthony > > "Of what use is lens and light > to those who lack in mind and sight" > (Anon) > > > > 2009/7/25 David J Brooks <[email protected]>: >> Friends of ours asked if i could take some shots of their young >> daughter in the Lead Line class today. >> >> I took quite a few, but i like this one a lot. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9535046 >> >> Not sure if i like it in B&W >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9535049 >> >> D200 Raw file, 70-200 VR F2.8, LR 2 >> >> Dave >> >> -- >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> York Region, Ontario, Canada >> > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
