rvrkids
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Hello -
I have been practicing outdoor portraits and some of my shots have been great, but others are not as sharply focused as I would like.
I have an entry level dslr Nikon D50 and yesterday used the Nikon 50mm f/1.8. I have been shooting in either aperture priority or manual and have learned that wide open aperture can cause focus softening so I never went below 3.2.
I have attached 2 examples from yesterday. Both were raw exported from lightroom to jpg with no edits. Both were taken at f/3.5, ISO 200,1/60 shutter, 1/3 and 2/3 EV, center metering. One is great focus one is not...I can't tell in the soft one what is in focus if anything...I don't think it's a depth of field problem. This happens when my shutter speeds are faster too so I don't think it's a movement thing either.
Is there anything else that I could be doing wrong to cause the soft focus?
Also, all critiques of the photos are welcomed...good and bad
I have been practicing outdoor portraits and some of my shots have been great, but others are not as sharply focused as I would like.
I have an entry level dslr Nikon D50 and yesterday used the Nikon 50mm f/1.8. I have been shooting in either aperture priority or manual and have learned that wide open aperture can cause focus softening so I never went below 3.2.
I have attached 2 examples from yesterday. Both were raw exported from lightroom to jpg with no edits. Both were taken at f/3.5, ISO 200,1/60 shutter, 1/3 and 2/3 EV, center metering. One is great focus one is not...I can't tell in the soft one what is in focus if anything...I don't think it's a depth of field problem. This happens when my shutter speeds are faster too so I don't think it's a movement thing either.
Is there anything else that I could be doing wrong to cause the soft focus?
Also, all critiques of the photos are welcomed...good and bad