frame-it Posted July 31, 2022 Share #3301 Posted July 31, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) SL2S + Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/239964-open-thread-show-us-your-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=4480190'>More sharing options...
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ironhorse Posted July 31, 2022 Share #3302 Posted July 31, 2022 M8 + Nokton 50/ 1.5 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/239964-open-thread-show-us-your-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=4480315'>More sharing options...
frame-it Posted August 1, 2022 Share #3303 Posted August 1, 2022 SL + Leica 90mm M APO Summicron ASPH Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 15 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/239964-open-thread-show-us-your-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=4480566'>More sharing options...
frame-it Posted August 1, 2022 Share #3304 Posted August 1, 2022 SL + Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH Huỳnh Công Út aka Nick Ut Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/239964-open-thread-show-us-your-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=4480575'>More sharing options...
frame-it Posted August 1, 2022 Share #3305 Posted August 1, 2022 Leica M5 + 90mm APO Summicron ASPH + LomoGraphy LOMO-100 A Girl, reading a book, in a bathtub, on the street. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 11 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/239964-open-thread-show-us-your-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=4480600'>More sharing options...
RonSmith Posted August 1, 2022 Share #3306 Posted August 1, 2022 Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe Pow Wow Mt. Pleasant, Michigan M10 + 50 Summilux vII Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/239964-open-thread-show-us-your-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=4480680'>More sharing options...
wda Posted August 1, 2022 Share #3307 Posted August 1, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 7 hours ago, frame-it said: SL + Leica 90mm M APO Summicron ASPH Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Impressive. I'd be tempted to crop just above the hands. It would make a more powerful portrait. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame-it Posted August 1, 2022 Share #3308 Posted August 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, wda said: Impressive. I'd be tempted to crop just above the hands. It would make a more powerful portrait. i wanted to keep the full hand, but this was processed in a hurry for quick delivery 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eawriter Posted August 2, 2022 Share #3309 Posted August 2, 2022 Here's a street portrait taken with the Noctilux f/1.2 wide open, from the Dore Alley street fair in San Francisco yesterday. As other people have pointed out, this is a tough lens to focus at f/1.2, especially when the subject is a stranger and you're kind of rushing. I know I can stop down, but that's defeating the purpose of having this lens; or at least the purpose I bought it for. The upside of shooting at that aperture is, obviously, that you can defocus backgrounds, especially busy ones, like there were at this street event. The downside is that the depth of field is so shallow that you (well, I) often miss focus. I was even using a Visoflex. I'm still getting used to the "glowy" look of this vintage glass. In fact, when I slightly miss the focus, as I think I did here, I just accentuate the glow in post. I'll publish a couple more portraits later where I didn't add any glow (actually, negative Clarity). M10M, Noctilux f/1.2 at 1.2. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/239964-open-thread-show-us-your-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=4481157'>More sharing options...
erl Posted August 2, 2022 Share #3310 Posted August 2, 2022 What you will probably find is that you will learn to first 'see' the image and then decide if it is focussed as you wished. The image above is a fine one with certain character and atmosphere. This is more important than whether it is sharp or not. Image first, technique second! On my current (temporary) crappy screen the image looks sharp enough on the dog collar, which would probably put the left eye in focus. Internet degradation prevents further assessment in detail. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted August 2, 2022 Share #3311 Posted August 2, 2022 I think that the negative Clarity may have worked against you here. The model's left eye is in focus but the negative Clarity has accentuated her right eye's focus softness so that, for me, it draws my gaze to it, which is probably counter to what you wanted. I use a 50/1.0 Noctilux and I doubt that the differential in focus between her right and left eye is entirely down to the 50/1.2's depth of field and is probably accentuated by negative Clarity and selective sharpening. Regardless, I like the edgy model and the picture. Pete. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eawriter Posted August 2, 2022 Share #3312 Posted August 2, 2022 13 hours ago, erl said: What you will probably find is that you will learn to first 'see' the image and then decide if it is focussed as you wished. The image above is a fine one with certain character and atmosphere. This is more important than whether it is sharp or not. Image first, technique second! On my current (temporary) crappy screen the image looks sharp enough on the dog collar, which would probably put the left eye in focus. Internet degradation prevents further assessment in detail. I like the "Image first, technique second!" philosophy. I actually prefer slightly soft portraits, but soft because of the way the lens renders, not because I missed the focus. I've only had the lens a couple of weeks. Hopefully, my hit rate will improve as I get used to it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eawriter Posted August 2, 2022 Share #3313 Posted August 2, 2022 Thanks for your comments. One eye is sharper than the other. My intention was to make the whole image unsharp, but in a pleasing, not distracting, way. I think it's going to take some more experimentation in post to get what I really want. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eawriter Posted August 2, 2022 Share #3314 Posted August 2, 2022 Here's another one from Dore Alley. As you can tell, not your conventional street fair. My goal here was to use the Noctilux's very shallow DOF to create a feeling of depth in the image. M10M, Noctilux f/1.2 wide open. Also, I had a three-stop ND filter on all day so that I could shoot at f/1.2 and not worry about overexposed highlights. It wasn't sunny when I took this shot, but it was later on. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/239964-open-thread-show-us-your-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=4481640'>More sharing options...
Alan Friedman Posted August 2, 2022 Share #3315 Posted August 2, 2022 Lena and Nana. Q2M Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/239964-open-thread-show-us-your-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=4481651'>More sharing options...
erl Posted August 3, 2022 Share #3316 Posted August 3, 2022 Dreaming @ Tiffany's M10 & Elmarit 24mm Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 7 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/239964-open-thread-show-us-your-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=4481752'>More sharing options...
frame-it Posted August 3, 2022 Share #3317 Posted August 3, 2022 SL2S + Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/239964-open-thread-show-us-your-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=4482002'>More sharing options...
fumigatus Posted August 3, 2022 Share #3318 Posted August 3, 2022 Q2 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/239964-open-thread-show-us-your-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=4482236'>More sharing options...
Milan_S Posted August 4, 2022 Share #3319 Posted August 4, 2022 R O M A NLeica S007 Apo-Macro-Summarit-S 120mm F2.5 CS#milanswolfsphotography 17 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyuan Posted August 6, 2022 Share #3320 Posted August 6, 2022 M11 + Noctilux 0.95 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 8 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/239964-open-thread-show-us-your-portraits/?do=findComment&comment=4483641'>More sharing options...
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