elizabethysmom
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elizabethysmom said:I'm finding my "nifty fifty" to not be totally sharpthough I'm a beginner so it's probably user error of some sort.
Mach0 said:Exif shows you shot wide open. That's why. Stop it down some and you will see a drastic difference. That's why it's somewhat soft and the ears are out of focus.
Had you shot vertical, the fence on the left of the frame would have been avoided. Even so, you can get the background OOF at f/5.6 if the distances from camera-to-subject and subject-to-background are considered. If you have a DOF Preview button on your camera, it will show you what the results will be, albeit in a darkened state, in the viewfinder.I wanted to blur those weeds and cyclone fence behind her lol
The picture can still be cropped into a square format ... I think it wouldn't suffer from it ...Had you shot vertical ...I wanted to blur those weeds and cyclone fence behind her lol
Okay, that wasn't specific in your OP. So with that in mind, you should consider the composition a little more citically by placing your subject in a power point with regard to the RoT. Having her off-set from center will give the viewer a more pleasing experience rather than giving the image a fleeting glance. A 2/3 mask or profile seems to work well if you are shooting in landscape and also giving the subject room to breath. In general, placing the eyes in the top third of the frame is a best practice.unfortunately the project we're working on with the kid's pictures calls for a horizontal photo, I agree though it would have been nice vertically.
Okay, that wasn't specific in your OP. So with that in mind, you should consider the composition a little more citically by placing your subject in a power point with regard to the RoT. Having her off-set from center will give the viewer a more pleasing experience rather than giving the image a fleeting glance. A 2/3 mask or profile seems to work well if you are shooting in landscape and also giving the subject room to breath. In general, placing the eyes in the top third of the frame is a best practice.unfortunately the project we're working on with the kid's pictures calls for a horizontal photo, I agree though it would have been nice vertically.
Profile in landscape
2/3 mask in landscape
Hope this helps some.
unfortunately the project we're working on with the kid's pictures calls for a horizontal photo, I agree though it would have been nice vertically.