Hi!
This is partly an experiment in B&W post-processing, part "trying to
rescue a low-light shot".
Orig:
http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/images/joc.jpg
B&W:
http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/images/jocb&w.jpg
Technical:
*ist DS, A-50mm/1.7, 1/25s, f/2.0, ISO 400.
I de-saturated, then adjusted the lightness of the spectrum. Added some
noise.
Tips? Honesty? Brutality?
Michael, the b/w version is less unsuccessful than the original color
one. Yet both seem (at least to me) to lack the evident point of focus.
It is customary to have at least one eye of a portrayed person to be in
focus. You seem to have both out of focus.
Assuming you can re-shoot, I suggest you do just that - shoot again.
Also my experience with shooting (my daughter) with FA 50/1.7 lens is
that for such kind of portraits f/4 is just about the best. It gives
enough DOF without getting too much of it.
Just my few cents and pixels.
Boris
