frommrstomommy
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I did indeed push the clarity slider a lot on these because most of them were slightly out of focus. I also added more sharpening than I normally would. So good catch on that.
I tried out an alternative to Lightroom, Capture One, and besides "clarity" it had an extra slider "structure". Structure doesn't blow out the whites like clarity can, it seems it is more edge detection sharpening. Whatever it does, it is a nice tool to regain some perceived sharpness without the shortcomings of Lightroom's clarity. It's too bad I found Capture One not as enjoyable to use overall.
The swirly bokeh is from the Helios, all the 44 variants have that. My other portrait lens is the Canon FD 50mm 1.4 which is more "restrained" but I think it lacks personality compared to the Helios.
What kind of shutter speed were you shooting at? I find really like 250 is a minimum for crazy toddlers vs my normal 160 comfort zone for people. I also tend to push my clarity to -10 vs in the positives for people.