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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 272996" data-attributes="member: 9240">With using the 50mm you don't need shutter speed that high, so you could have dropped the ISO down and been fine (unless you needed it because the dog kept moving).&nbsp; My only real criticism is that focus is on the nose and not the eyes, and sharp eyes are critical in any portrait.&nbsp; Perhaps applying a little Unsharp Mask will do the trick (if you're in LR, start out with Amount around 75, Radius at 1.3, and then while holding the alt/option key down and slide the Masking slider to the right until you just see the outlines in the face and eyes).I might have also considered going light on the vignette instead of dark, which may have lessened any distraction caused by the background.&nbsp;&nbsp; FYI, given the off-center nature of the face I did not use the vignette tool in LR but instead used the Radial Filter in LR5, inverting it to effect the outside areas, made an ellipse around the face and then lightened everything outside.&nbsp; It's a great tool for creating off-center, and even multiple vignettes, around the subject of your photo.[ATTACH=full]75640[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 272996, member: 9240"] With using the 50mm you don't need shutter speed that high, so you could have dropped the ISO down and been fine (unless you needed it because the dog kept moving). My only real criticism is that focus is on the nose and not the eyes, and sharp eyes are critical in any portrait. Perhaps applying a little Unsharp Mask will do the trick (if you're in LR, start out with Amount around 75, Radius at 1.3, and then while holding the alt/option key down and slide the Masking slider to the right until you just see the outlines in the face and eyes). I might have also considered going light on the vignette instead of dark, which may have lessened any distraction caused by the background. FYI, given the off-center nature of the face I did not use the vignette tool in LR but instead used the Radial Filter in LR5, inverting it to effect the outside areas, made an ellipse around the face and then lightened everything outside. It's a great tool for creating off-center, and even multiple vignettes, around the subject of your photo. [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]75640._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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