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07-SEP-2007 John Buffin

Waiting for the Bus
9.7.07

I took the day off of work today. Margaret wasn't feeling well, so I took care of her as best I could.
It did allow me to be around when Ian goes to school, so I got to walk him out to the bus after lunch.
I didn't want to copy Jim Larkin's excellent shot if Hailey getting on the bus, so I decided on
getting a portrait of him while we were waiting for the big yellow minivan to show up.

It was cloudy all morning, until the 1/2 hour before he had to leave, and then the sun popped out for a visit.
Our kitchen faces south, and the light coming in the window was just beautiful. So I grabbed the newly
returned 20D, my 85 f/1.8 lens, and my Expodisc and headed upstairs. I made a custom white balance
and set the camera to aperture priority @ f/2.0. It was a pretty good informal test shot to check on
the focus adjustments they made. As you can see, it's damn near spot on. I would have had to mount it
to the tripod to be sure at that range. I have it measured out at 60". The dof at f/2 is just under an inch.
Later on, I'll do some focus chart tests, but for a real world test, for me, it doesn't get any better than this.

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
1/100s f/2.0 at 85.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time07-Sep-2007 11:47:55
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length85 mm
Exposure Time1/100 sec
Aperturef/2
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Cedric Sims08-Sep-2007 15:53
Another nice one!
John Buffin07-Sep-2007 20:26
He was frowning, but I've become VERY good at photoshop lately. ;)
Jim Larkin07-Sep-2007 20:23
Excellent. Such a real smile (if it wasn't don't ruin it for me). This makes me smile just looking at it.
Michael Weinberg07-Sep-2007 17:52
fine portrait / composition with good dof and exquisite eyes. Nice smile too. Michael.
Guest 07-Sep-2007 17:30
Super cute shot dude!!! Excellent!
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