Elena

[Giovanni]

Now, for a change, a woman's portrait in color and in the usual 2:3 ratio, what this photo has special for me is that the subject is my mum and the lens used is a very old Contax in C/Y mount which is at least 30 years old if not more and which was mounted on a Fuji X-Pro1 through an adapter, I was astonished at how I nailed focus (thanks to focus peaking even tho in its first iteration) but even more at the 3D feel of the image and the sharpness of such an old lens with no fancy coatings or ED glass and so on.

Thanks for watching

 

[Ben Egbert]

Very nive protriate

 

[AlanLichty]

Depth of field for this shot is very well done and the details are tack sharp. Nice portrait.

 

[JimFox]

Very nice indeed Giovanni. You have a beautiful mother. I can see where being in color does help to subtract some years from women.

One thought on this and it’s a small nit, the oof tan color in the lower left, I find it just a little distracting. You can use the Warp tool to pull that out of the frame, or perhaps Content Aware Fill can remove it.

 

[Giovanni]

Very nice indeed Giovanni. You have a beautiful mother. I can see where being in color does help to subtract some years from women.

One thought on this and it’s a small nit, the oof tan color in the lower left, I find it just a little distracting. You can use the Warp tool to pull that out of the frame, or perhaps Content Aware Fill can remove it.

I find quite stunning how such an old lens performs, even more when I think that most of us, if not all, fancy the latest tech...

By the way, the picture has already been cropped a little but that thing is still in the frame, I am not that good at retouching as you already found out off of my other posts, maybe lazy rather than not good at processing ;-)

So, yes, I think color suits better female portraits whilst BW enhances those little details which in a man give character, this is one of the reasons I prefer to be on this side of the camera rather than in front of it ;-)

Grazie

 

[Bob Denton]

Your mom looks great.

 

[JimFox]

I find quite stunning how such an old lens performs, even more when I think that most of us, if not all, fancy the latest tech...

By the way, the picture has already been cropped a little but that thing is still in the frame, I am not that good at retouching as you already found out off of my other posts, maybe lazy rather than not good at processing ;-)

So, yes, I think color suits better female portraits whilst BW enhances those little details which in a man give character, this is one of the reasons I prefer to be on this side of the camera rather than in front of it ;-)

Grazie

That's true. We all seem to want the latest tech when it comes to most things. Photography is one of those art forms where old gear can still be desired, especially if it's used by someone who can appreciate it and get the best out of it.

What's interesting is with most of your work when it comes to portrait photography less is more when it comes to processing. I generally speaking prefer most those shots that were exposed right in the first place, and then perhaps just some contrast was added later on. Which is similar to what we did back with film.

 

[Giovanni]

What's interesting is with most of your work when it comes to portrait photography less is more when it comes to processing. I generally speaking prefer most those shots that were exposed right in the first place, and then perhaps just some contrast was added later on. Which is similar to what we did back with film.

The first real digital camera I owned was (still have it) the Fuji S5Pro which is still a great camera with amazing colors and dynamic range but with a burst rate which was just slightly over one frame per second, I had to try and get the best out of each shot since I couldn't base the hit rate on a burst and thanks to that approach, still now, I try and take it the best I can in camera which is the fun part of being a photographer (with this word meaning somebody who takes photographs), the retouch I find being a little boring, usually my workflow is about to fix exposure when needed, crop and straighten, give a little bit of a touch to the eyes and then control the sharpening and add a little vignette.

Ciao

 

[Mike Mancil]

Superb! I’m impressed with the pure reality of the image.