Despite having taken a credible bug shot with my 180mm macro, it would have been a crime not to have used the 85mm f/1.2L II for this challenge or to have done something other than a portrait with it.
I don't take enough family pictures - here's our niece Megan. I did take some of our son Max too but typically he preferred to gurn!
No circles of confusion, no bugs, just a very straight up portrait... Anticipating that this will bomb. Expect 5.1.
I do think its a good demonstration of what this lens can do though.
[May. 1st, 2011 08:30:57 PM]
A bit dismayed at all my commenters thinking that my narrow depth of field in some way caught me out. It is of course, very intentional - I shot Megan near the minimum focus distance of the lens to maximise the effect.
The picture isn't the most interesting but I really like the effect.
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Nice portrait, i think it works well with the aperture wide open like it is, makes it fairytale like, your spider would have gotten a considerably higher score though, all the more merit to you for sticking to your guns.
I think the apature is open a little too much. If it were closed a little more, her face could be in focus along with the hair and the background would still be blurred.
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