Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree with your choice: if the frames were out of focus, I think the portrait would look weird: then again, sometimes weird is what we need ;-) Kyle Cassidy writes: > Someone rightly pointed out that in my recent portrait of george crumb > > http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/paw/2005/31/2.jpg > > I focused on the eyeglass frames, rather than the eyeballs -- and this is > something I've always done thinking that if the eyeglass frames are in > focus, it gives us the illusion that the FACE is in focus in a way that > sharp eyeballs and blurry glasses frames doesn't. is there real > conventional > wisdom on this? What do the real photographers do? > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Alastair Firkin www.afirkin.com www.familyofman2.com