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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 329034" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>You are most welcome! </p><p></p><p>Much better, but the background is still rather sharp, I am not at all familiar with LR but I am sure you should be able to blur the background somewhat. When shooting at the beach or in the snow, a set of neutral density filters is more of a necessity than a luxury because it lets you open up the aperture for shallower depth of field. I have a set of three; 2x, 4x, and 8x in my camera bag all the time and they get lots of use. </p><p></p><p>Below is one of my favorite beach portraits and one that has been widely published both in color and black and white. I prefer the B&W version, but then again I think most things look better in B&W! It was shot with my 300mm f/2.8 Nikkor on a monopod and my wife walking beside her holding a strobe triggered remotely. It is a very long focal length but the lens is razor sharp even 1 stop down, which is what was used here, and the depth of field is very shallow, giving great separation without losing the sense of "place". Pay no attention to the EXIF data because I rarely put in the data in on the "Non-CPU" information when I shoot. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/christina.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/christina.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 329034, member: 12827"] You are most welcome! Much better, but the background is still rather sharp, I am not at all familiar with LR but I am sure you should be able to blur the background somewhat. When shooting at the beach or in the snow, a set of neutral density filters is more of a necessity than a luxury because it lets you open up the aperture for shallower depth of field. I have a set of three; 2x, 4x, and 8x in my camera bag all the time and they get lots of use. Below is one of my favorite beach portraits and one that has been widely published both in color and black and white. I prefer the B&W version, but then again I think most things look better in B&W! It was shot with my 300mm f/2.8 Nikkor on a monopod and my wife walking beside her holding a strobe triggered remotely. It is a very long focal length but the lens is razor sharp even 1 stop down, which is what was used here, and the depth of field is very shallow, giving great separation without losing the sense of "place". Pay no attention to the EXIF data because I rarely put in the data in on the "Non-CPU" information when I shoot. [URL="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/christina.jpg.html"][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/christina.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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