Lots of Soft/Blurry Portrait Photos with 105mm @f3

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480sparky

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Horoscope Fish said:
......Please have these words engraved in stone?

Thank you.

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You're welcome!
 
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STM

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To me it just looks like the focus was off. This is one of the reasons why I hate autofocus and own no autofocus lenses. No one but you knows what you want to focus on. You should always use the eyes as the focus point in portraiture, in some of your images it looks like the focus point is the tip of the nose.
 
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Marcel

Marcel

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STM said:
To me it just looks like the focus was off. This is one of the reasons why I hate autofocus and own no autofocus lenses. No one but you knows what you want to focus on. You should always use the eyes as the focus point in portraiture, in some images I looks like the focus point is the tip of the nose.
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I agree with you. FOCUS IS CRITICAL and it's not a given. This is why pro portrait people use a tripod, will usually shoot test shots and make darn shire their focus is spot on before starting to click away for expressions. Too often newcomers have the image that is often projected by films, about photographers spraying away and getting great shots. Well, having been there, it's usually not how it works. Great shots are usually well planned and executed. And focus is one thing that is not left to chance or an autofocus lens.
 
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