Thank you, MartinBeautiful quality of light and shape, plus the OOF areas
That's the face behind the mask...what did you think ...and I did not have any coffeeWHO is that peeking into the lens in the top right hand corner?
(maybe I've had too much coffee?)
Ken
Thank you - I know most Large Format work is about getting as much in focus as possible and edge to edge sharpness so I was a bit hesitant to even join a forum but I like what I do and can live with other people not liking it ...and then it is even nicer to find some who do .It's very different from the usual sort of LF photography. Excellent. Do you bracket the point of focus? Is that a sensible question?
Unless you want to resurrect Group f64, sharpness is your choice. At least it is easier to take sharpness out, rather than put it in! There is something of a vogue for soft focus lenses at the moment - I have even experimented with simple meniscus lenses myself. But soft or sharp, the design of the image has to work, irrespective of the rendition.
This provides just enough information to trip my memories and imagination.
And this tends to happen irrespective of the merits of the image. The hard thing is to throw away one's own preferences and bias, and judge the image on the assumption it is supposed to be that way. It may resonate with you or not, but at least it got a chance.
If anyone starts a new thread on this topic, I'll be there