"Annika1980" <annika1980@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Got to test out my new portrait lens (the 85mm f/1.8) today with one
> of my most willing subjects.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/76509239/original
>
Jeez, always the ***** shots from you. I bet the cheerleaders wouldn't
let you anywhere near them if they knew what you were after.
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On Apr 1, 6:21 pm, "Annika1980" <annika1...@aol.com> wrote:
> Got to test out my new portrait lens (the 85mm f/1.8) today with one
> of my most willing subjects.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/76509239/original
You bought yourself a super lens, Bret! Beautiful portrait of Mr.
Divs. Lens delineation, saturation and contrast is superb. I insist
you use this lens a lot!
Helen
On Apr 1, 6:51 pm, "Hoover" <Hoo...@hotmail.net> wrote:
> what exactly is a portrait lens - great photos!!
It is a lens that will be used primarily for portraits due to it's
shallow DOF and wonderful bokeh. Of course, the Canon 85 f/1.8 is so
sharp that I plan to use it for stitched panoramas as well.
On Apr 1, 7:19 pm, helensilverb...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> >http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/76509239/original
>
> You bought yourself a super lens, Bret! Beautiful portrait of Mr.
> Divs. Lens delineation, saturation and contrast is superb. I insist
> you use this lens a lot!
Assuming that was a question, a portrait lens is one favoured for
portraits. For 35mm it would be about 85 to about 135mm, but even a 200
or 300 can do decent portraits. The 85mm (often a f/1.4) is considered
a classic portrait lens as it gives a sense of volume without
exagerating features and a shallow enough DOF to isolate features in
depth (eg: eyes).
Longer lenses are often used in location fashion shooting to both
flatten out features and to throw backgrounds out-of-focus.
For digital (cropped sensors) 50mm - 100mm is a good range.
"Annika1980" <annika1980@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Got to test out my new portrait lens (the 85mm f/1.8) today with one
> of my most willing subjects.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/76509239/original
classic example of a bad portrait (are snapshots of animals considered
portraits?) trying to be passed off as a bokeh shot. always..ALWAYS have
both eyes in sharp focus. that is just sloppy work, and indicative of many
of your shots in that forum. we are so lucky to have you posting all these
examples of your shoddy work here, even though anyone interested could just
check your open page whenever they wanted.
it's a good thing you didn't plunk down the extra coin for the 1.2 lens. as
it is, you were wasting a good three hundred anyway.
keep up the great work, salieri! someday you may be able to publish a kitty
calendar....
PORTRAITS LOVE THE 20D ! 
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