What do you think of my photo?

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Permalink Reply by CameraClicker on January 23, 2012 at 5:45pm

I would like DOF to be deep enough to have both the tip of the nose and the roots of the ears sharp.  The white on the snout looks a little burned out and there is a deep shadow under the face.

Permalink Reply by Trevor Salzwedel on January 23, 2012 at 10:50pm

Please explain to me what is DOF.

Permalink Reply by CameraClicker on January 24, 2012 at 2:55am

DOF is Depth of Field.

The hair just behind the nose is in sharp focus.  The eyes and hair around the eyes are quite soft, even when opened to full size.

Permalink Reply by Trevor Salzwedel on January 24, 2012 at 4:25am

Thanks for the insight.

Permalink Reply by Reg Warboys on January 23, 2012 at 6:53pm

The shadow is what you would expect from this angle, a reflector on the floor would have helped.

The eyes look fairly sharp as do the the whiskers on the nose, good for first attempt with your new flash. 

Permalink Reply by Gary Vernon on January 24, 2012 at 9:20am

As Reg suggests an angled floor reflector would have provided the light underside that is in shadow because of the angle of your flash hitting the nose.

The eyes are not in focus when looking at the original file size (blurry pupils) because your plane of focus just behind the nose at the wide aperture of F:3.5 which creates shallow dof.

Try moving your focus point around in the viewfinder until it rests on the eye in the frame.

Ideally stopping down would give more detail.

Minor points are watching the background for dissecting lines and looking at the histogram for clipped highlights such as mid nose..

Good luck with the new flash - try reverse bouncing and off ceilings and walls, but for best effect try it off camera completely..

Permalink Reply by CameraClicker on January 29, 2012 at 7:03pm

Did it click?  With an external flash, angle it at 45 degrees, then rotate the head so it points backwards.  Reverse bounce.  Works best indoors with light walls and white ceilings.