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Thats why I love nikon 70-300 vr so much.
Thats why I love nikon 70-300 vr so much.
How to click good Portraits
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iamsomnath
Where is the remote?
Hello Anupam, see for yourself what a little application of mind does to our performance !!! At page 2 post no 15 you had posted another portrait and see how much you have already improved . I see the marked improvement in the following areas :-
1. You have nicely levelled yourself at the eye level of the child
2. Background has been carefully chosen and as a result no longer competing for attention
3. Much better overall feel and retention of skin tone
4. More conventional cropping
THINGS I THINK THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED DOING DIFFERENTLY :-
1. You have shot at f4.5 . At 170 mm ( 255 mm in FF term ) perhaps that is wide open. Nikon 70-300 is not famous for contrast & sharpness at wide open. You can try at 2 stops smaller aperture next time and I am confident it will come out better. At longish focal length the DOF will not change too dramatically.
2. You have matrix metered. Try another shot with centre weighted metering on the face and see how the BG comes out.
3. You have achieved shutter speed of 1/250 s at 255 mm focal length. Try to achieve at least 1/400 at such focal length if you hand hold. Bump up ISO comfortably unto 640 to achieve that. Was VR on ? I hope it was not in "active" mode.
4. Head is framed centrally , you could try to place it more towards right.
Thanks for allowing us to brainstorm a bit
Keep shooting & sharing
cheers
Somnath
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Some lesson for us somnathjiHello Anupam, see for yourself what a little application of mind does to our performance !!! At page 2 post no 15 you had posted another portrait and see how much you have already improved . I see the marked improvement in the following areas :-
1. You have nicely levelled yourself at the eye level of the child
2. Background has been carefully chosen and as a result no longer competing for attention
3. Much better overall feel and retention of skin tone
4. More conventional cropping
THINGS I THINK THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED DOING DIFFERENTLY :-
1. You have shot at f4.5 . At 170 mm ( 255 mm in FF term ) perhaps that is wide open. Nikon 70-300 is not famous for contrast & sharpness at wide open. You can try at 2 stops smaller aperture next time and I am confident it will come out better. At longish focal length the DOF will not change too dramatically.
2. You have matrix metered. Try another shot with centre weighted metering on the face and see how the BG comes out.
3. You have achieved shutter speed of 1/250 s at 255 mm focal length. Try to achieve at least 1/400 at such focal length if you hand hold. Bump up ISO comfortably unto 640 to achieve that. Was VR on ? I hope it was not in "active" mode.
4. Head is framed centrally , you could try to place it more towards right.
Thanks for allowing us to brainstorm a bit
Keep shooting & sharing
cheers
Somnath
Can you pls explain ( love your elaborated replies) so won't say the word a bit,what you meant by vr in active mode and why it shouldnot be so.
Also is there any arithmetic link between focal length and shutter speed?
Suppose I want to blur the background in my portrait shot using 70_300,I tend to go for tele end,,how I can achieve a respectable bokeh at shorter focal lenght?
Your two cents please
Ankur003
UltraWideLife.com
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I have started a new thread 1st Fortnight Photography Project || Theme: Rule of third
Please visit the thread and let me know if this is good enough!
I am already too excited to go out shooting and get my hands dirty
Simar Rajput
True Wandrer
I have question regarding 50mm 1.8 g. If i click a single person than its just fine. The person in the frame is focused. But sometimes there is group some are focused some are not if i click wide open.
o i need to reduce apperture, still sometimes all are not focused.
Can you guys help me with this, like i need to change metering or something else.
Here is the example, the guy is focused but his wife is not, how to tackle this situation when using 50mm 1.8 g.
Details:
F-stop - f/1.8
Exposure - 1/13 sec
ISO - 200
o i need to reduce apperture, still sometimes all are not focused.
Can you guys help me with this, like i need to change metering or something else.
Here is the example, the guy is focused but his wife is not, how to tackle this situation when using 50mm 1.8 g.
Details:
F-stop - f/1.8
Exposure - 1/13 sec
ISO - 200
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Simar Rajput
True Wandrer
Exposure is fine i think, guy is focused too. Updated my post with details.
Ankur003
UltraWideLife.com
Simar,
Exposure is your culprit. 1/13 is too slow for such a shot. I would suggest anything >1/250 sec to start with.
F stop - narrower than f/5.6 to begin with
ISO - pump it to 1600 to begin with, or whatever is the base ISO of your camera model
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You are bound to get blurred shot at 1/13 in bright light (handheld )
Usually 1/60 - 1/80 should be used for stable subject in low light
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Simar Rajput
True Wandrer
Oks. Thanks for the info.
Narrower then f/5.6 bookeh will be effected isnt it, will not be so much creamier.
I think i should have pumped ISO so as to get desired exposure.
In this type of light, in a party hall say as shown in image, what should be the exposure so as to get perfect sharp images?
Narrower then f/5.6 bookeh will be effected isnt it, will not be so much creamier.
I think i should have pumped ISO so as to get desired exposure.
In this type of light, in a party hall say as shown in image, what should be the exposure so as to get perfect sharp images?
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iamsomnath
Where is the remote?
please wait till tomorrow