Praveen Kumar » Photography http://praveen.kumar.in Random thoughts collection bucket Sat, 01 May 2010 04:15:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Tack sharp eyes http://praveen.kumar.in/2010/01/18/tack-sharp-eyes/ http://praveen.kumar.in/2010/01/18/tack-sharp-eyes/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:21:27 +0000 Praveen Kumar http://praveen.kumar.in/?p=559 One of the key things that I try to do when I take portraits is to focus on the eye of the subject. This is a well documented technique and works very well. Also, each lens has a sweet spot aperture for which the picture is really crisp. I find that it is at f/2.8 [...]]]> One of the key things that I try to do when I take portraits is to focus on the eye of the subject. This is a well documented technique and works very well. Also, each lens has a sweet spot aperture for which the picture is really crisp. I find that it is at f/2.8 for my Canon 50 mm f/1.4 and f/4 for my Canon 70-200 mm f/2.8L. When I play with these sweet spots, I seem to get impressive tack sharp eyes. This is a crop from one of the self portraits that I shot with my Canon 50 mm at f/2.8. Next time, don’t shoot full wide for crisp results. Go ahead and try stopping down your aperture and find your sweet spot.

Praveen Kumar

Self Portrait

Tack sharp eye

Tack sharp eye

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