You got my attention........

[MTVision]

Even if it was intentional its still OOF. If you had shot the bunny from the side and had the baby in the background - that would be due to DOF. As it is now more then 1/2 the frame is blurry.

 

[punch]

if you saw my earlier post about this image i wasn't trying to get HER in focus I was trying to capture the bunny in focus and her to be blurred in the background. The bunny looks focused to me. Not the whole bunny just a small part of it. That's what i wanted

Whether it was her or the bunny as the intended focus... it isn't terribly focused, and moreover the subject is too high in the frame.

MWC2 (and tell me if I'm incorrect) isn't saying intentional OOF is a no-no, she's saying your OOF was unintentional, and not OOF in the right way to look artistic.

I just said I WAS intentional. Look again, the bunny is in focus. I agree that she's too high in the frame but out of all the shots that day this one seemed closest to what I was trying to convey so that's why I chose to edit this one.

I should ask... is it me? Does the bunny look soft? Is it just the haze? If you're highlighting an item using blur, it should be cuh-risp to make your point. I don't feel that the bunny is in focus.

 

[Elizabeth30]

Whether it was her or the bunny as the intended focus... it isn't terribly focused, and moreover the subject is too high in the frame.

MWC2 (and tell me if I'm incorrect) isn't saying intentional OOF is a no-no, she's saying your OOF was unintentional, and not OOF in the right way to look artistic.

I just said I WAS intentional. Look again, the bunny is in focus. I agree that she's too high in the frame but out of all the shots that day this one seemed closest to what I was trying to convey so that's why I chose to edit this one.

I should ask... is it me? Does the bunny look soft? Is it just the haze? If you're highlighting an item using blur, it should be cuh-risp to make your point. I don't feel that the bunny is in focus.

If this helps, here's the SOOC shot

 

[punch]

that's SO much better. it looks a lot better with color and not faded out in my opinion. i think moving the frame would have made your point better... it's still hard to find the focus point with it up in the ceiling like that. also, the bunny is a really flat focus point... it's faded and has no real texture. a different stuffed animal would have worked better, i think.

 

[MTVision]

Do you really not see how odd this looks?? The bunny, blanket, part of the arm are reasonably in focus but then the babe's face is OOF?? Like I said if you had shot it from the side of the bed....bunny in focus....Baby out of focus due to shallow DOF..

Ok heres an example - albeit a bad one. Looks like a floating hand and head.



Hand is in focus - babe's face is blurred due to a super shallow DOF. Face is behind hand.....

 

[Elizabeth30]

that's SO much better. it looks a lot better with color and not faded out in my opinion. i think moving the frame would have made your point better... it's still hard to find the focus point with it up in the ceiling like that. also, the bunny is a really flat focus point... it's faded and has no real texture. a different stuffed animal would have worked better, i think.

This worries and you know why.... if everyone thinks this is OOF then I have some serious eye issues! I keep getting this feedback from you all and I don't see it. Why can't I see it? I look at the links I posted on Myfourhens photos and they are soft and I can't find a determined focal point...... is it my lack of knowledge and skill or are my eyes screwed?

 

[punch]

that's SO much better. it looks a lot better with color and not faded out in my opinion. i think moving the frame would have made your point better... it's still hard to find the focus point with it up in the ceiling like that. also, the bunny is a really flat focus point... it's faded and has no real texture. a different stuffed animal would have worked better, i think.

This worries and you know why.... if everyone thinks this is OOF then I have some serious eye issues! I keep getting this feedback from you all and I don't see it. Why can't I see it? I look at the links I posted on Myfourhens photos and they are soft and I can't find a determined focal point...... is it my lack of knowledge and skill or are my eyes screwed?

do you wear glasses? have you adjusted that little wheel by the view-finder at all?

 

[MLeeK]

Woah, I was not trying to say I am even CLOSE to the skill this photographer has!!! I just love her work! My photos could not be any where near that even if I had all the skills because I'm shooting a rebel, with a 50mm 1.8??? Obviously NOT professional gear but I still think the photo has artistic value in it.

Your camera doesn't matter and you can achieve some amazing work with that lens. My daughter has shot weddings with me with a rebel and a 50mm. She's used a crappy lens on a rebel. You CAN create amazing things with it.

 

[MTVision]

I'm not trying to be mean its an awkward photo with one half in focus and the other half OOF. I get what you were trying to do - but it didn't work IMO.

Here is another example. A little bit better but just a snapshot

 

[MTVision]

that's SO much better. it looks a lot better with color and not faded out in my opinion. i think moving the frame would have made your point better... it's still hard to find the focus point with it up in the ceiling like that. also, the bunny is a really flat focus point... it's faded and has no real texture. a different stuffed animal would have worked better, i think.

This worries and you know why.... if everyone thinks this is OOF then I have some serious eye issues! I keep getting this feedback from you all and I don't see it. Why can't I see it? I look at the links I posted on Myfourhens photos and they are soft and I can't find a determined focal point...... is it my lack of knowledge and skill or are my eyes screwed?

Have you looked at Myfourhens portfolio on her webpage. I looked real quick and they are definitely crisp and in focus. Some of them she does use shallow DOF for different effects. I belong to a forum that Sarah goes too and she is an amazing photographer and not all her photos look like the couple you linked too.

 

[MLeeK]

I'm interested, link me............

50mm f/1.8 on a rebel XTi (has a bout HALF of the capability of yours) by a 13 year old in manual mode

Same camera with a lens that is a hundred times worse for IQ, 15 year old shooter, full manual mode

Same shooter, full manual, same crappy tamron lens

 

[MTVision]

http://www.my4hensphotography.com/index2.php#/gallery_sec1/

 

[Elizabeth30]

Do you really not see how odd this looks?? The bunny, blanket, part of the arm are reasonably in focus but then the babe's face is OOF?? Like I said if you had shot it from the side of the bed....bunny in focus....Baby out of focus due to shallow DOF..

Ok heres an example - albeit a bad one. Looks like a floating hand and head.



Hand is in focus - babe's face is blurred due to a super shallow DOF. Face is behind hand.....

um....... well yea other than I take take my eyes off the hand of this child looks as big as his head lol but I do understand what you are saying but I seriously was trying to capture her at this angle because I had tried at other angles and i couldn't see her face like I wanted to. Here's one with a better DOF

 

[Elizabeth30]

I don't wear glasses and YES I was meaning to mention that these photos where take with MF but I have now started using my AF and using my points. Still getting used to adjusting them while I'm shooting but my focus is looking MUCH better now!

 

[MTVision]

Oh and Sarah from my4hens, I believe, owns a lensbaby so some of those crazy soft photos might be taken with one of those.