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3.17.2012

An interesting portrait starts with the eyes.


I went for a walk and ended up on Congress Ave.  I saw this small boy sitting in a milk crate attached to his dad's bike.  I stopped to photograph the little guy.  Of course I asked his father's permission first.  Why make people uncomfortable?  He looked right into my camera.  I like the image a lot.

I was using a Panasonic GH2 with the Olympus 45mm 1.8 lens attached.  I have no idea what the exposure was and I used face detection auto focus to get place focus.  The original was a Raw file but it needed no intervention so I guess a Jpeg would have been just as good.

Two snaps and we were done.  Love the yellow sunglasses.
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6 comments:

  1. GovisMarch 17, 2012 at 7:34 PM

    A shame it was made with an obsolete camera. Coulda been a contender.

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  2. Kirk, Photographer/WriterMarch 17, 2012 at 8:09 PM

    Just glad I was able to use an EVF camera. Can you imagine how hard this would have been to capture with an OVF ???

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  3. Kirk, Photographer/WriterMarch 17, 2012 at 8:35 PM

    :) as well.

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  4. Frank GrygierMarch 17, 2012 at 10:14 PM

    Love that lens.

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  5. TonysVisionMarch 18, 2012 at 12:40 AM

    I NEED that lens

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  6. AnonymousMarch 18, 2012 at 8:30 AM

    The light in his eyes makes the photo, and the yellow sunglasses add "something different". Bravo, I like this. I do not own yet a m4/3 camera but this lens seems interesting, very interesting...
    robert

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