Originally Posted by
Peter Mounier
I am impressed with Ulophot's work and don't doubt his skills with large format movements, but my thoughts on this are contrary to his. I think the photographer used the plane her face is in to loosely dictate the swing and tilt. I believe the front standard was slightly swung to the right. If it were swung to the left her left shoulders probably wouldn't be so far out of focus. Additionally, the model's right sleeve is in pretty good focus from front to back, indicating a right swing. I also think there was some downward tilt to the lens, but very slightly. Her elbow to her hair on her forehead are fairly sharp, but everything fore and aft of that plane fall out of focus. The hair on her forehead seems to be slightly sharper than her eyes, which are apparently beyond the plane of focus. The hair on her forehead seems to be the sharpest part of her face, with her eyes slightly less, and her lips and chin even less so as they recede from the plane. My thoughts on the forward tilt are bolstered by the focus on her right sleeve, between her forehead and elbow, which are also fairly sharp.
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