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Subject: [OM] Portrait shot - need lens opinion
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:03:15 -0500
This weekend I'm going to try and get a photo of a well-known someone at an event, but I have a specific shot in mind.

The person wears a very special ring, and I want the portrait to make the ring the main subject. I'm thinking of having him seated, elbows on a table, forearms up and hands crossed over each other, with the ring finger on top. However, I still want his face in the photo, but the point of focus is the hands/ring, with the face somewhat out of focus, just enough to tell who he is and to add some context to the ring.

I'm thinking I need a wide aperture to get the necessary DoF control, which leaves me with the Panny 20/1.7 or toughing it out old-school with the OM 50/1.2 on the adapter.

I am going to try and experiment tomorrow if I have time, but meanwhile I look towards the collective wisdom.

Oh - this shot may or may not be with flash - depending on what room I get to use. If flash, will probably be the FL-600r with the Fong salad bowl on a bracket, set for fill.

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Paul Braun WD9GCO
Certified Music Junkie

"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach

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