Hannah by Window

[Hamish Gill]

A little bit of inspiration for this was drawn from channel 4's series "misfits"
it was shot using my 1959 45mm nippon kogaku lens on my d3
f8
1/60th
1600iso
all of the blur is unnatural; added in lightroom ... the cinematography in misfits is like that, lots of blur added to shots ... i like it, so i thought id do it in a photo of the missis ..
its a lot more subtle than it is in the misfits, but i am going to do some more photos in this way i think as i like the effect ...

more recent version ... softening a bit more consistent and more in line with my original "vision", straightened so the window frame is vertical, slightly more tinted... i think im happy with it now

what do we think?

unedited

pre crop

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Very nice Hamish - lots of atmosphere in the image and post processing.

Could you have got almost the same final effect with a very narrow DOF or a tilt shift/Lensbaby?

 

[Mark Grant]

I like it very arty

Amazing how we put old lenses on top model DSLR and make it more blury on the computer to be creative

Mark.

 

[Pete Askew]

Very, very nice Hamish. I would maybe soften her hair a touch though so you focus more on her eyes. What do you think?

 

[Hamish Gill]

Very nice Hamish - lots of atmosphere in the image and post processing.

Could you have got almost the same final effect with a very narrow DOF or a tilt shift/Lensbaby?

Lens baby is too severe, I don't have a tilt shift lens ... I also wanted to be extra selective ... But I actually ended up doing less blurring than I expected to

 

[Hamish Gill]

I like it very arty

Amazing how we put old lenses on top model DSLR and make it more blury on the computer to be creative

Mark.

I just like the old lenses or the lesser contrast ... But yeah, I take you point ...

 

[Hamish Gill]

Very, very nice Hamish. I would maybe soften her hair a touch though so you focus more on her eyes. What do you think?

yes pete i agree
see revised version in original post ... im happy with it now
i think you can possibly tak some of the credit for the inspiration of these photos

 

[Mark Grant]

Looks great

What does the original from the camara look like if its not a secret?

Would be helfpul to see how creative you have been with lightroom.
I dont have any creative skills with post processing, just straighten,crop and sharpen for me I need to learn....

Mark.

 

[Hamish Gill]

there you go mark, see the original post again for pre edit and pre crop versions... you can see the lens its self is fairly low contrast and not exactly tack sharp...

 

[Mark Grant]

I have a lot to learn with creativity for sure, I would not have used that lens as I have an obsession with lots of contrast and ultimate sharpness.....

Just goes to show having any eye for arty creativity is most important, its not what you have in your kit bag that matters it's how you use it.

I really like the crop, I remember before you doing some almost square crops on everything, looks good, was it 10x8 crop in lightroom I think ?

 

[Hamish Gill]

yeah, this is 10x8 (5x4) its my preference for format ... i cant really explain why, i just like the slightly more closed in feel it gives...