Originally posted by StreetShooter
Nice one. I like it.
Framed nicely by the leaves below, the man is looking into the frame. It's a moment of rest, yet he is still at work, sharpening his shears. The steps leading up to where he is sitting also add to the picture, providing a "base". The subject is nicely isolated by the depth of field.
The only niggling thing would be that the picture is a bit oversharpened, as evidenced from the "roughness" of the blurred background (or is it that the Minolta has lousy bokeh?). I would try sharpening with a larger radius, but a smaller amount. Or do selective sharpening with a mask. I hate it when a nice picture has the subject slightly out of focus. Been there, done that.
Originally posted by superhero
to create the effect with the cam , shld i use spot metering? and how do i know what is the correct aperture size to set with regard to the distance ??
can't seem to get that DOF effect even though i tried quite a few times , shld i use manual focus??
btw how do i that with PS ?
unsharpen the whole pic and then sharpen the places which i want ?
thanks...
Originally posted by StreetShooter
Nice one. I like it.
Framed nicely by the leaves below, the man is looking into the frame. It's a moment of rest, yet he is still at work, sharpening his shears. The steps leading up to where he is sitting also add to the picture, providing a "base". The subject is nicely isolated by the depth of field.
The only niggling thing would be that the picture is a bit oversharpened, as evidenced from the "roughness" of the blurred background (or is it that the Minolta has lousy bokeh?). I would try sharpening with a larger radius, but a smaller amount. Or do selective sharpening with a mask. I hate it when a nice picture has the subject slightly out of focus. Been there, done that.
Originally posted by StreetShooter
I was assuming that you had used Photoshop Unsharp Mask to sharpen the picture.
For this filter, there are 3 settings - Amount, Radius and Threshhold. I was suggesting that you increase the Radius and decrease the Amount.
If you did not use Photoshop, then please ignore my comments. :embrass: