Few Portraits: XF90 - XF56 APD and XF50-140

Neil189 wrote:

I like your portraits, nice job. If you had to pick just one of these lenses for these types of portraits, which would you choose?

Thanks for your comment, well appreciated.

XF50-140MM F2.8 would be it...It's versatile with prime lens optical quality. For planned shots 56mm f1.2 APD and XF90mm f2 will give you preferable perspective.

Nice set of images. Just curious, did you use eye detect focus?

Nice shots. I would give a lot more head room and not cut off the tops of the subject head.

There will be a time you may want a 8x10 print and you have no place to go when you shoot that tight. As you make larger prints it auto crops so to say.

Leave the room or take a safety shot with breathing room.

zapper wrote:

Nice set of images. Just curious, did you use eye detect focus?

Indeed eye detect focus was used...I find it invaluable when taking pictures of kids. Coming from X-Pro1 AF system I find eye detect focus in X-T10 a revelation. Thanks for your generous comment.

Photography201 wrote:

Nice shots. I would give a lot more head room and not cut off the tops of the subject head.

There will be a time you may want a 8x10 print and you have no place to go when you shoot that tight. As you make larger prints it auto crops so to say.

Leave the room or take a safety shot with breathing room.

You definitley have a point. Your suggestion is well taken. Thanks for commenting..

bensherman wrote:

Photography201 wrote:

Nice shots. I would give a lot more head room and not cut off the tops of the subject head.

There will be a time you may want a 8x10 print and you have no place to go when you shoot that tight. As you make larger prints it auto crops so to say.

Leave the room or take a safety shot with breathing room.

You definitley have a point. Your suggestion is well taken. Thanks for commenting..

You bet, options are always nice to have.

OrdinarilyInordinate wrote:

Very nice What is that post-processing that adds spots of dust to the same location for most of the photos? A little distracting, I think.

Excellent observation...admittedly I failed to notice dust spots above. I guess late night editing is to blame here, :-(... I was actually playing with Analog Efex Pro 2. Thanks for comment.

Whatever..

deednets wrote:

Photography201 wrote:

bensherman wrote:

Photography201 wrote:

Nice shots. I would give a lot more head room and not cut off the tops of the subject head.

There will be a time you may want a 8x10 print and you have no place to go when you shoot that tight. As you make larger prints it auto crops so to say.

Leave the room or take a safety shot with breathing room.

You definitley have a point. Your suggestion is well taken. Thanks for commenting..

You bet, options are always nice to have.

I had another look at Ben's pictures and don't agree, an old argument, the cut off parts of the head issue.

I would prefer a tighter crop since it changes the fov, prefer a more intimate view. Grab any glossy magazine the world has on offer and see how liberal the cropping goes.

To the OP: worth a re-visit!

Deed

Cropping has become very unorthodox these days and offer far more intimate appeal. I have seen loads of tightly cropped fashion shots with unequivocal charm. So there you go Mr Bensherman I find your cropping to be just fine. Lovely shots of beautiful kid.

Fantastic photos. You got some great shots!  My favorites are #2 (for the beautiful color and image) and #10 for the wonderful expression of the adorable young lady. Nice job!