Cedric MASSOULIER
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Hands are a bit too clear, due to scanner i suppose...
Yashica Electro 35 GTN, Tri-X 400, direct film scan
Yashica Electro 35 GTN, Tri-X 400, direct film scan
Dierk,Focus - and arguably light/contrast - is exactly where and how it should be for this image. Otherwise it would just be another photo conforming to arbitrary rules.
Luckily Cedric shows here a vision of his own, not what others with lesser creativity made into rules once.
To cite Thoreau [man, should he be read more]: Any fool can make a rule - and every fool can mind it.
Don't be offended when I post a critique, I never mean it harsch or bad
The focus is on the sleeve and not on the hand, or at least so it is shown here on my monitor and as far as I know the monitor I use doesn't shift focus points (just a joke of course).
When posting something, critique can be posted, if the critique is positive this is nice, if it's negative don't take that the wrong way, or people will simply stop commenting.
I always try to set aside my personal TASTE in my critique, but here I can't help to comment on the focus.
If it was on the hand the sleeve should be less sharp seeing the focus plane.
Look at the hair on the hand were according to you the focus should be and you see that the hair is out of focus, while the sleeve is 100% sharp.
Again sorry if I said something you don't agree upon, but it's simply my advise.
The feel of the photo is great, so I did not comment on that.
Also do you happen to know the lens and shot details as I'm not familiar with this camera?
Asher
(By 'clear' do you mean clair, ie too light?)