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Postby padey on Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:39 am

A little bit of bokeh for the portrait and a lot for the candle shot

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Postby greencardigan on Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:51 am

I love the first one Andrew. :)

Nice and simple but kept my attention.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:04 pm

I really like the first one the only negative for me is the white string like object at the bottom but it's only a minor niggle.
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Postby padey on Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:25 pm

Alpha_7 wrote:I really like the first one the only negative for me is the white string like object at the bottom but it's only a minor niggle.


Yeah, that is a wire for the priests microphone. An odd place to put it, but i couldn't move it.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:37 pm

padey wrote:
Alpha_7 wrote:I really like the first one the only negative for me is the white string like object at the bottom but it's only a minor niggle.


Yeah, that is a wire for the priests microphone. An odd place to put it, but i couldn't move it.


Couldn't move it on the day, but with a little PP you can removed it :), I think it would make the shot stronger.
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Postby admajic on Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:43 pm

Sorry, I find the first one a strain as I am trying to get the couple in the background into focus. Maybe if they were more blurred more it might work better? The candle and desk is very nicely in focus.
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:10 pm

Andrew

I like the execution and concept of #1, but find the image itself a little odd. Have you applied some sort of vignette blur to the image? In the lower left corner there seems to be a quite sudden drop off in sharpness where the cord disapperas out of sight. Not what I'd usually expect to see with the DOF here.
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Postby Yi-P on Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:30 pm

#1 is nice except for the little distracting cable, wire or string that is on the table... :)
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:18 pm

stubbsy wrote:Andrew

I like the execution and concept of #1, but find the image itself a little odd. Have you applied some sort of vignette blur to the image? In the lower left corner there seems to be a quite sudden drop off in sharpness where the cord disapperas out of sight. Not what I'd usually expect to see with the DOF here.


To me that looks more like a forground object getting in the shot.
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Postby johnd on Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:19 pm

I really like them both Padey. At ISO 800 I guess you're not using flash.
Is that the way you normally work?

I'm doing my nieces wedding in October, so am keen to see different types of shots and to understand how they're done.

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Postby Alex on Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:30 pm

Great shots, both. I especially like the first one.

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Postby spada on Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:33 pm

The first one is outstanding for my eye.

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