September 2015 Portraits

[Alan Gales]

I know this will come off sounding bad , but is it just me or is the distortions overwhelming with this lens. I am particularly talking about
the triangle of noise behind the young mans head.

Lovely in all respects but the ( bokeh ) IMHO ruins the image.


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You are not alone, Bob. I'm not an AeroEktar fan either. A lot of people really like them though! I'm not a big fan of the swirly Petzval lenses also but what do I know?

[Jiri Vasina]

Thank you all for the kind words. Our kids are very restless - Katka as a girl is generally calmer, but our almost 7 y.o. boy is impossible to get and keep in front of a camera long enough. So I was just happy that I managed to get the eyes in focus and trip the shutter when she was not blinking. I did not have the time to think about reflections, Sergei... I'm especially happy it came out so well even with the glasses on...

Jiri

[gimenosaiz]

Antonio, you did a terrific job, especially with the overall composition.

Thank you, Peter !!

I know this will come off sounding bad , but is it just me or is the distortions overwhelming with this lens. I am particularly talking about
the triangle of noise behind the young mans head.

Lovely in all respects but the ( bokeh ) IMHO ruins the image.

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Thank you, Bob.
You are right about the distortion, especially over the shoulder. I guess that the shirt was too white for the coating of the AE!
I must confess that I love the swirly bokeh!! I'm just an amateur beginner amazed with this kind of aberrations ;-)
I've purchased a Symmar-S 210/5.6 to learn to shoot portraits without "artifacts"!

Thanks for your comments. I really appreciates them!!!

Saludos.

You are not alone, Bob. I'm not an AeroEktar fan either. A lot of people really like them though! I'm not a big fan of the swirly Petzval lenses also but what do I know?

Alan, hehe, I'm sure you know much more than me ;-)
Regards

[BrianShaw]

Thank you all for the kind words. Our kids are very restless - Katka as a girl is generally calmer, but our almost 7 y.o. boy is impossible to get and keep in front of a camera long enough. So I was just happy that I managed to get the eyes in focus and trip the shutter when she was not blinking. I did not have the time to think about reflections, Sergei... I'm especially happy it came out so well even with the glasses on...

Jiri

Love that portrait!

(if this isn't too personal to ask): lipstick or natural?

[Alan Gales]

Alan, hehe, I'm sure you know much more than me ;-)
Regards

With lens choice it's a lot about what you like. We all have different tastes. One of the things that is really nice about large format is all the lens choices you have. You are not stuck with one brand of lenses like some cameras.

I liked your photograph by the way, subject wise and composition wise. Like Bob I just didn't like how the AeroEktar rendered the bokeh.

[SergeiR]

8x10, 420mm Heliar

Masque by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

[macolive]

8x10, 420mm Heliar

Masque by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

another beautiful one!

[Jiri Vasina]

Love that portrait!

(if this isn't too personal to ask): lipstick or natural?

Brian, I think it's natural - at 10 she's a little too young to wear lipstick IMO, but what do I know... I have used a filter (i think it was yellow #12 or #8), it might have emphasized the lips relative to the skin.

Edit:

Sergei, another fantastic portrait. It's so strong...

[mdm]

Are you enjoying Whole Plate Jiri?

[Jiri Vasina]

Yes, thoroughly. But I use that camera only for portraits at home. For hauling around I have everything setup and prepared with my Chamonix 5x8.Another reason is film availability and "film-consuming", I shoot much fewer sheets for portraits and many more when being out in the country - I choose 13x18cm/5x7 (and also 5x8 to some degree) because the film is much cheaper, much easier to obtain, I have more holders. But each developed sheet of whole plate brings me more joy, the image on the groundglass is larger and better ... but that would be true for 8x10... 10x12...