Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/18

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Subject: [Leica] Alans 90mm portrait shot
From: "Hans Pahlen" <hans.pahlen@mark.komvux.se>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 15:16:03 +0200

Alan,
This is one of the nicest portraits I have ever seen! And about bokeh, I
agree with you, it is beautiful.
Is it an outdoor shot?
Once again: Great work, and let me also say that I really like to be
inspired by other LUGers!
/Hans

>I use the 90 2.8 mainly fo that application (casual portraits), an it
>works great, especially on kids and young women (example on
>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/AlanBall/aicha.htm ). It is
>true it brings the character out of a face and does not allow any
>cheating. But I do love the bokeh of that lens, which is an important
>factor for portraits, and I find the 'roundness" of the backgrounds
>counterbalances the 'sharpness' of the focused point. >