On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:13:33 -0500, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's a story, no I'm not going to tell it. Yes the title is literally > true. > > http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_tglitasr.html > > In case anyone cares: > > Pentax *ist-D 1/30 sec (ISO -- 400) > SMC Pentax FA 43ltd f1.9 @ f2.8 > Autofocus (Autofocus sucks no matter how good the camera IMHO). >
I gotta agree with Shel; that dark stripe down the right side is a needless distraction. I was going to wonder aloud (or however one wonders on a keyboard) if maybe you focused on the wrong eye - her left eye (the one on the right of the frame) seems just a tad soft, but I think that's the one which should be sharpest (since it's closest to the camera, no?). Then, I noticed that you autofocused, so that's (likely) that. Well, here I am, starting off with negative stuff, when really, it's a lovely portrait. I like that she looks very relaxed and comfortable. There's something about the placement of her hand on the vertical thing (is it a frame of some sort?) that I like - it seems rather "unposed" and natural looking. Overall a very nice photo. Can't do anything about the softness, but you can crop. I think it would be a better photo if you did. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
