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Stephanie Pham photographed by Matt Granger
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Charlotta (Sept 2017, Los Angeles, CA)
Stephanie Pham photographed by Matt Granger
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Stephanie Pham photographed by Matt Granger
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The dynamic range & detail is great at 85. I wouldn't be able to say its not the best out right. But, I think that 400 & or 840 still gives you your detail & dynamic range on the subject while focusing on the subject in a more precise way. The 1680 has a good amount left, but its mostly the background that did it for me. It's lost a lot of the detail & dynamic, but it looks nice & blended together. I think there is lenses in the way & a point of which its not getting brought back, basically.
135mm is not bad, in the slightest, I think at that point its more about focus on the subject, the 135mm allowed a larger scene to be included. As in, the f stop has to be razor specific, think the shard detail near the shoulder vs the 135 being a bit better about it. 200 made it with all the subject in detail while removing the background quite nicely. 400 starts the process off of having that cool blending of the background into focus but with bokeh. 560mm is similar but has a different detail issue & dynamic range which I think just comes from it being pushed that hard. Its just blurred, onto the subject but the shading details are still there & not blending too much, which helps out a lot with preserving detail.
600 is getting things going strong, & remains high dynamic without too much blending for details. I think lighting, like with the 85 mm, is just off. On the 85 you can see shading the face that needs a soft reflector to help. This one as well to an extent, but it is also the lens just not quite being able to not have light wave interference start to blend & bleed each point into the sensor.
800 is nice, no real problems, most of it just looks like its lighting. The start of the background is great, still bokeh, but the whole thing is there, understood what it is. Instead of being washed together until you can't understand it as anything other than a color or something like that.
840 is the best at the shirt detail, hair is getting a lot of dynamic range & detail, honestly I think this is a great focus & still has the dynamic range & detail you were & are looking for.
1120 starts the background focus better & gives more understanding of it while retaining the bokeh. Which I like a lot. The subject lost a lot of dynamic range & detail, sadly. 1680 is the best background cohesion, blended with detail & bokeh. The subject lost more detail & dynamic range but blending on the shirt & colors isn't as bad as others.
For me, its 85mm for specific sharp, ultra detail, ultra dynamic range, lighting on point stuff where you can get those f stops razor correct. But the 400 & or 840 might be the easier call, with 135 not being all that far behind.
With Anakaren (Sept 2017, Los Angeles, CA)
With Anakaren (Sept 2017, Los Angeles, CA)
Anakaren (Sept 2017, Los Angeles, CA)