Kingmapix Loc: Mesa, Arizona

For your quick photo, putting your mode on P was the ticket for success. Simply wonderful results!

Jolly Roger Loc: Dorset. UK

That's one for the family album, for sure. :thumbup:

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Deborah, I can easily see why. You captured a bit of the personality, as well as the situation.
--Bob

nanaval Loc: Cornwall

Beautiful capture... :thumbup:

aammatj Loc: Zebulon, NC / Roscoe, Ill

I use the 105mm micro as my portrait lens on a D800 and love it.

Photoman74 Loc: Conroe Tx

The wow factor is :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

R.G. Loc: Scotland

You could wait for long enough to get a photo of an adult that good. Getting one of a child that good will probably be a once in a lifetime event.

Bruce with a Canon Loc: Islip

F L A W L E S S

Precious!

iDoc Loc: Knoxville,Tennessee

I will echo all the positive comments. It's a sumptuous portrait,almost magical.

RichardQ Loc: Colorado

Beyond beautiful! Angelic!

Mormorazzi Loc: Temple, Texas

For those of you who shoot portraits with the 105 2.8 micro VR (Nikon): I bought this lens last Saturday. Since then, I've learned that to get a shot with any DOF, the aperture should be set at 8 or smaller. "P" chose f/16, 1/30 with an ISO of 1600. I was low on light and didn't have an off-camera flash set up; I knew in one more second, she'd be off the chair and chasing the dog or her siblings.

I think the camera did a good job of calculating correct exposure. Armed with the little information I've stuffed into my brain and a little bit of time, I probably would have shot at f/11 for a faster shutter speed and, hopefully, a lower ISO.

Do you portrait photographers have any other suggestions for getting the max out of this lens? Distance to subject? Different settings? BTW, I did not crop this photo at all. (I also own the awesome 105 DC. Had that lens been on my camera, though, I would have been too close to get this shot.)

countryman60951 Loc: Bourbonnais, Il

Very nice photo. A job well done. Thank you for sharing.... :thumbup: :thumbup:

Weddingguy Loc: British Columbia - Canada

If I had the time to set this up, I still would not have used a flash. Nothing is as true as natural light.
You were very lucky to get that shot at 1/30th with little or no camera/subject movement, and hand held I would certainly have used a faster shutter speed.

My prefereence is to be at at least 1/200th, but that would mean an F/stop of about F/8, which would be fine.

Then I see that 1600 ISO has given you a bit more noise than is desirable, so dropping to 400 would have been my choice there. That also means that I now would have to be at F/2.8 to F/3.5 . . . which again is OK for a portrait as long as the closest eye is carefully focused on.

So we could have done all this calculating before we took the shot . . . but the problem would be that the subject would have been gone. Your wonderful capture tells the story that you were well prepared for the unexpected. Kudos to you!

Having said all that, when I am walking about with my camera and don't know what the next shot will be, and knowing that it might be an impulse shot with no time to plan, I would not use "P" as too much is left to the camera to decide.

My choice is Shutter Priority as I feel that shutter speed is one of the more important settings to assure I won't lose the shot due to camera or subject movement. My camera is set at 1/200th second. The second thing I do is have my ISO set at a maximum of 400 ISO because I am not happy with the results I get with my cameras set at over that. Now all the camera has to do is set the aperture. I may not get the ideal DOF, but I get a higher than average percentage of good to great shots that way.

Everyone has a different approach to the way to use camera setting . . . this is just one set of thoughts to ponder.

Keep up the great work. Now that you have a result that thrills you, my suggestion is, while it is fresh in your mind, go out and duplicate it as much as possible. Think about the direction of light on your grand daughter's face, how far you were from the window, etc.. The only thing that might not be duplicatable is the expression on her face . . . all the rest can be done again and again.

Marionsho Loc: Kansas

SWEET, thanx,
Marion

WesIam Loc: Phoenixville, Pa

Great shot with a great camera