Right on spot Richard! David has used the same explanation as yours to emphisize the point! cheers --------------------------------- Xavier F. BILLE Maisons-Alfort - France. > CC: ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxxxx > From: ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxxxx > To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [LRflex] Re: I finally got a olympus 35 macro, quizz anyone ? > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:46:48 -0500 > > I haven't partaken of his DVD's, but I'll give a go on your quizz: > > Her eyes aren't in focus. > The left one (in the image) is almost sharp while the right one is > pretty soft. > (Her right eye almost sharp her left eye not) > > Generally speaking, it's hard for viewers to like portraits of people > where the eyes aren't very clearly rendered. My understanding is that > it's more of a psychological issue than a photographic one. It's also > behind the dirth of blurry eyes in painted portraits over the centuries. > > R. > > > On Jan 20, 2011, at 3:36 AM, Bille Xavier F. wrote: > > > > > http://xavierf.b.free.fr/Temp/L1080002_dev.jpg > > > > Quizz: why this portrait of Ayda is almost but not quite good? Hint, > > the picture is taken at f3.5 (full aperture) at quite close distance. > > > > Now, another take, this time, using the Manual Focus, the live view > > with the enlarged focus window and a tripod (f10), the object is > > 40mm (1 3/4 inch roughly) and I did not use the full magnification > > offered by the lens (1:1) : > > > > http://xavierf.b.free.fr/Temp/L1070989_dev.jpg > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/