55 f1.2 slow portrait

[armando_m]

I'll like to use an old lens to shoot a portrait of you, but it takes me a bit of time to focus

[Bjørn Rørslett]

She had the patience to wait ... Thus rewarding both model and photographer.

[atpaula]

Very pleasant portraits.
Beautiful model and nice pp.

[armando_m]

Bjørn, Aguinaldo, thanks for looking and commenting

[Akira]

Beautiful portrait, Armando.  The atmospheric rendition of the old gem is an added bonus.

[Thomas Stellwag]

both pics are beautiful. The style, the girl and the drawing of the lens background, together with your BW conversion fits.
Only one remark:  next time, she should take off this watch

[John Geerts]

Great Armando, nice light, lens and girl

[Mongo]

very nice Armando. Mongo agrees with everything that has been said. Your feelings about the qualities of this lens for certain work are understandable. Mongo has the same affair with an 85 mm f1.4 AI-s. Yes, there are sharper 85mm Nikon lenses but he loves this one because it is more than sharp enough but mellow and warm at the same time for that special portrait. Some older lenses do have that special something you have referred to and are worth the extra small amount of trouble to use them.

[Fons Baerken]

i vote for #2

[BW]

Very nice portraits Armando. These lenses can be unforgiving when it comes to focus. Even after chimping at 100% one can be disappointed after viewing them on the computer. But not this time

[armando_m]

I took 6 shots, 3 are well focused

Thanks

[Ethan]

I am just curious to know as to why her right eye Iris in Pic 1 is brighter than her left Iris in spite of the light being left.

Reflector positioning?

[armando_m]

I noticed the brighter eye, she is seating at the last step of a stairway and there is a wall to her right, so I guess your are right some light reflected by her eye, but not enough to reduce shadows  on the right of her face

[gryphon1911]

Good stuff.  Thanks for sharing.

[charlie]

I am just curious to know as to why her right eye Iris in Pic 1 is brighter than her left Iris in spite of the light being left.

Reflector positioning?

I noticed this as well though it looks to me like its from post processing. Not only the iris' are different but the catchlight from the sky and the shadow under the eye is brighter as well. The catchlights should be equal regardless of whether a reflector is in play or not (assuming both of her eyes have the same level of reflectivity). Perhaps an automated skin smoothing plug-in caused this? The second picture has a similar effect happening only her right iris is darker than her left.

Perhaps dodge & burning her eyes to match the brighter iris would make even for an even stronger connection to these portraits. In the second her face in general looks a bit bright in relation to the rest of the scene. Lovely portraits nonetheless.