Hi,
How are you guys doing? I hope you are doing very well : )!!!
I was looking at portraits on flickr and I saw this portrait about a month
ago or five weeks, perhaps a bit longer. I have looked at it several times.
I find it a nice casual portrait. Also, for me very powerful.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tobyke...mcPxT1-2nrEbok
I find three things technically interesting. One, that the camera, seems to
me, was relatively close, not far from the subject. Two, perhaps relevant
when talking about lenses, the aperture value was f/11 when taking the
picture. Three, film was rated at 250ISO.
With regard to the choice for the aperture value, I like that the choice is f/11.
I have never experimented enough, perhaps. I, for example, don't go below
f/16. I usually shoot at f/22. In this portrait, the depth of field is relatively shallow
as one can appreciate, but it does its job in portraying this lady. The lens, a
210mm. with f/5.6, is closed two stops until f/11. For this lens it is two stops
what is needed to achieve this depth of field from its focused point. And it looks
good, or what do you think?
I wonder, if as a good rule of thumbs, one could say: "close the diaphragm around
two stops, and you'll achieve a depth of field like in the above picture". Not all
lenses are f/5.6. I wonder if lenses with smaller 'starting' apertures like f/6.1,
f/6.3, f/9, etc. could apply, as a general rule, that stepping down by two apertures
resulting in pictures like the above one.
Thank you very much in advance, kind regards,
Ig Nacio : )!!!
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