Years ago I thought I made a major discovery when I shot a friend's portrait with my 100mm macro wide open against some supermarket shelves as an experiment with a new lens. The busy background had a lovely blur but her face was tack sharp. When I showed the result to a pro friend he said that everyone used this lens for portraits. Talk about taking the wind out of my sails!
Screamin ScottLoc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga
The only problem for portraits is that most women don't like every blemish showing on their portrait shots
beerhunter13 wrote:
Years ago I thought I made a major discovery when I shot a friend's portrait with my 100mm macro wide open against some supermarket shelves as an experiment with a new lens. The busy background had a lovely blur but her face was tack sharp. When I showed the result to a pro friend he said that everyone used this lens for portraits. Talk about taking the wind out of my sails!
You are entirely correct. I use my Nikon 105 f2.8 macro lens sometimes as my everyday walk around lens. It does a superb job especially when I go to the zoo and concentrate on portraits of birds and animals.