Comments on: Getting Ready For Anthony’s Shichi-go-san Event http://regex.info/blog/2009-10-15/1330 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 20:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: RoyReddy http://regex.info/blog/2009-10-15/1330#comment-36876 RoyReddy Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:41:24 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-10-15/1330#comment-36876 I have been back to this blog a number of times to look at the Patiently Waiting photo. It is so sharp, and yet has silky smooth blurring into the distances. This blur emphasizes the distances in the situation. I did peek at the Exif to see that it was captured at f/3.5 I might have guessed something like an f/1.2 to give the 2cm DOF. Little doubt that your family will be looking at this beauty photo for many-many years. Thank you for sharing, Roy <span class='jfriedl'>Being at 70mm (rather than, say, 30mm) helps exaggerate a shallow depth-of-field, but another thing that contributes strongly to the overall look is that I used a touch of Lightroom's "negative clarity" on this, similar to (but much less than) <a href='http://regex.info/blog/2009-04-21/1194' class='quiet' rel="nofollow">done here</a>. I then painted a bit of positive clarity back over the eyes. I'd missed focus on the shot, and these help to reclaim the photographic quality of a shot whose main impact has nothing to do with the photographic quality. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the result... even though I had better-focused ones in the series, I liked this result better. —Jeffrey</span> I have been back to this blog a number of times to look at the Patiently Waiting photo. It is so sharp, and yet has silky smooth blurring into the distances. This blur emphasizes the distances in the situation.
I did peek at the Exif to see that it was captured at f/3.5 I might have guessed something like an f/1.2 to give the 2cm DOF.
Little doubt that your family will be looking at this beauty photo for many-many years.
Thank you for sharing, Roy

Being at 70mm (rather than, say, 30mm) helps exaggerate a shallow depth-of-field, but another thing that contributes strongly to the overall look is that I used a touch of Lightroom’s “negative clarity” on this, similar to (but much less than) done here. I then painted a bit of positive clarity back over the eyes. I’d missed focus on the shot, and these help to reclaim the photographic quality of a shot whose main impact has nothing to do with the photographic quality. Overall, I’m pretty happy with the result… even though I had better-focused ones in the series, I liked this result better. —Jeffrey

]]> By: Zak http://regex.info/blog/2009-10-15/1330#comment-36874 Zak Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:25:12 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-10-15/1330#comment-36874 First shot of A is adorable. First shot of A is adorable.

]]> By: Jeannine http://regex.info/blog/2009-10-15/1330#comment-36872 Jeannine Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:39:37 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-10-15/1330#comment-36872 Wow, thank you for sharing this with us! Lovely pictures! (as always ;-) Wow, thank you for sharing this with us! Lovely pictures! (as always ;-)

]]> By: Expat in Va http://regex.info/blog/2009-10-15/1330#comment-36871 Expat in Va Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:33:26 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-10-15/1330#comment-36871 Ah, we still have pictures from our son's 七五三, also done in Kyoto, but at the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine. I'd attach one, but son, now 18, would not appreciate it! ;-) Ah, we still have pictures from our son’s 七五三, also done in Kyoto, but at the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine. I’d attach one, but son, now 18, would not appreciate it! ;-)

]]> By: Sonal, MN http://regex.info/blog/2009-10-15/1330#comment-36869 Sonal, MN Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:34:28 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-10-15/1330#comment-36869 Wonderful post. Anthony looks very cute. I especially love the expression on Grandpa as he is inspecting the progress. Wonderful post. Anthony looks very cute. I especially love the expression on Grandpa as he is inspecting the progress.

]]> By: Peter in Wales http://regex.info/blog/2009-10-15/1330#comment-36863 Peter in Wales Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:45:55 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-10-15/1330#comment-36863 Great story and very nicely told, both words and pictures. Selective focus choice in several shots - 'The Scene', and 'And More Tying' - is subtle and thoughtfully done. Great story and very nicely told, both words and pictures. Selective focus choice in several shots – ‘The Scene’, and ‘And More Tying’ – is subtle and thoughtfully done.

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