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60mm f2.4 vs 56mm f1.2 for Portraits

Started Sep 7, 2019 | Photos thread
HB1969 Senior Member • Posts: 1,724
Re: 60mm f2.4 vs 56mm f1.2 for Portraits
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Polybazze wrote:

IMHO this kind of 'street photography' is much more interesting and doesn't rely on effects like shallow dof:

https://geraldgay.format.com/india#16

I looked through that gallery and there are examples of both shallow dof (subject isolation) and environmental portraits. One style isn't better than the other. However, I do think that some people use shallow dof as a crutch to deal with difficult backgrounds without really thinking about why and when they should use shallow dof. It can also be a status symbol in others...eg "I can get just a single eyelash in focus because of my fancy expensive fast lens". Of course, these a sweeping generalisations

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