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Is there some reason you shot at f/2? The DOF is WAY too shallow and the images come off as soft when enlarged. The sharpness just wasn't there.
Your aperture is too big. When I shoot single person portraits I shoot at f/5.6 unless I am using a crop body with a wide angle lens. In that case I can push it as low as f/3.5 but don't drop below that.
Your options would be 1. Use a flash or 2. Increase ISO.
It depends on what your goals are in the photo, the focal length of the lens and the size of the sensor. The larger the sensor the more pronounced the DOF will be. The longer the focal length of the lens and the closer it is to your suject the more pronounced the DOF will be.
I have seen some GREAT shots here using DOF as a tool with large apertures. But it is a TOOL, not a normal thing. Experience will teach you when to use it as a tool. In my opinion these images don't lend themselves to such a shallow DOF. You lost a LOT of detail because of it.
You were shooting a Canon crop body which has a 1.6X crop factor with a 50mm lens. .......... That is a substantially longer equivalent focal length than you used. It should illustrate my point.
The images are fine. Don't listen to mr perfectIs there some reason you shot at f/2? The DOF is WAY too shallow and the images come off as soft when enlarged. The sharpness just wasn't there.
Why do you need to be sharp?
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These aren't bad at all, considering they were shot with a DOF.
But I am with GWWhite, and agree with him. Shooting with a really shallow DOF isn't easy, and takes time to know when to use it and when not to. Next time you are taking some portraits of friends like this, experiment. Switch your DOF around as high as f10, this will give you a feel for what works for your style and what doesn't. And don't be afraid to bump your ISO up, it may make some of the photos a little noisy, but noise can work very well in some photos. Noise isn't always a bad thing.