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 Post subject: Canine Portraits (+ DOF tips)
PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:27 pm 
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Iago:
12.5% of original size
f/1.8, ISO 100, 1/50 sec.
PS-CS5 - Minimal Post-Processing (Vignette, Offset, Gamma Correction)

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Niko:
12.5% of original size
f/1.8, ISO 100, 1/60 sec.
PS-CS5 - Post-Processing for selective color adjustment and and minor corrections only

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Bruno:
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The Depth of Field (DoF) is a bit too shallow for these 3. Although it works well enough for the first two, the third one lacks a ton of detail. I probably should have settled for somewhere around f/2.5 to f/3.2 - it's shallow enough to blur the background (and it would let enough light in to work around 100-400 ISO without severely compromising the shutter speed) but wide enough for most of the subject's body to be more detailed. So, all of that to say that I'm not exactly happy with the results but they're decent enough to present and I wanted to share my learning experience with you guys.

For some reason, a lot of people are obsessed with taking photographs with the widest aperture possible but I have to say, it's not always the best option. A good portrait does not have to have the strongest blur and shallowest DoF to be good - as clearly seen in these pictures. Sometimes (a lot of times) it's actually better to have a narrow aperture value - even with portraits (eg. fashion, fine art photography); sometimes, the background details can actually complement the subject rather than stealing the attention from it.

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 Post subject: Re: Canine Portraits (+ DOF tips)
PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:51 pm 
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awesome photos mate.
the first dog looks confused and the second one looks like a smug bastard.
anyways the only things that are bothering me are the composition for the individual pieces and the colors on the third image. It makes it seem sad. I'm gonna guess it can be hard to work with dogs though.

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 Post subject: Re: Canine Portraits (+ DOF tips)
PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:19 pm 
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Well. It looks pretty damn nice! But second one looks best.. xD

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 Post subject: Re: Canine Portraits (+ DOF tips)
PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:58 pm 
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Thanks guys :)

@Shomari:
Yep - the 3rd one actually has a default of Temperature of 7400; for some reason it doesn't look warm unless I jack it up to 11500. I took the shots around 5PM so I didn't have much direct sunlight to work with when I was shooting the 3rd one.

Lol my girlfriend and I had to make all sorts of weird noises to make them look a certain direction. I also had to set the shutter sound as silent as possible because they tend to move their heads when they hear stuff sometimes. I had like 2 - 10 seconds to work with them once they're up on the chair and facing the right direction before they decide to jump down. Except for the 2nd one because he's a lazy fat slob that spends all his time with me.

Btw, here's a "warmer" version of the 3rd picture. I set it up to around 12000 T. Thank goodness for RAW format :D

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