Fever

[cheguthamrin]

Rain outside. Son fever. The best time to catch him not moving around so much; so I used my Nikkor AIS 50mm 1.4 lens on D40 for this shot. Light source the window. I'm only about 1m away from him, explains the tight crop. Shot in colour but converted to BnW using saturation adjustment set to 0.

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[pplneedthelord]

if there was enough light in the location you were at. you could have adjusted your f-stop to bout f/2.8.

at f/1.4(if you used that aperture)... your son's left eye is OOF.

other than that.. he looks really sad. poor thing

[cheguthamrin]

Originally Posted by pplneedthelord if there was enough light in the location you were at. you could have adjusted your f-stop to bout f/2.8. at f/1.4(if you used that aperture)... your son's left eye is OOF. other than that.. he looks really sad. poor thing

Thanks for highlighting me on this. I dont realise that using f/1.4 may cause such effect until I get the pic, which left me wondering how come the focus is only so much? I thought its ok to bring out the effect, since his right eye is closer to the lens. I hope it had worked to bring out the mood.

Originally Posted by Catatac Very nice tonal graduation and I enjoyed your play on the DOF. Enhanced the sympathetic ambit of the pic. thanks.

I appreciate your comments. Thanks.

BTW, he was almost admitted to NUH with a fever of 38.9 earlier; rushed over after he started to vomit. I am keeping vigil tonight to monitor his condition... looks like ill be on child medical leave tomorrow...

[checkers]

At least you have child leave

[cheguthamrin]

Originally Posted by checkers At least you have child leave

Its an entitlement, no?

[~Arcanic~]

is your boy getting better le?

[Pokka]

Let him drink more water....

[moodyfly]

Hope he gets well soon!

[cheguthamrin]

Originally Posted by ~Arcanic~ is your boy getting better le?

Originally Posted by Pokka Let him drink more water....

Originally Posted by moodyfly Hope he gets well soon!

Thanks for the well wishes.
He tried drinking, but everything else came out again. Last check 39.8 degrees, and I'm here at work... argh!!!

[pplneedthelord]

hope your boy is feeling better!

yepp the facial expression of your son definetly brought about the mood of the shot.

[~Arcanic~]

Originally Posted by cheguthamrin Thanks for the well wishes. He tried drinking, but everything else came out again. Last check 39.8 degrees, and I'm here at work... argh!!!

if his fever still doesn't come down soon, better send him to hospital.

39.8 degrees is considered very high fever for a child already.

[cheguthamrin]

Originally Posted by pplneedthelord hope your boy is feeling better! yepp the facial expression of your son definetly brought about the mood of the shot.

Originally Posted by ~Arcanic~ if his fever still doesn't come down soon, better send him to hospital. 39.8 degrees is considered very high fever for a child already.

Thanks for the well wishes;
I'll be updating tonight... I'm logging out and leaving the office NOW!~

[night86mare]

good take, i have no real quarrels with this one, i must say.

...except maybe crop it to 4:3 - it's 3:2 right now, no?

[cheguthamrin]

Originally Posted by night86mare good take, i have no real quarrels with this one, i must say. ...except maybe crop it to 4:3 - it's 3:2 right now, no?

Thank you very much.
I realise I have not been able to replicate the same result many tries later... AIS 50mm f1.4 manual focusing on my D40 had been fun, although I've clicked >100 shots everytime I hold the camera just to get the ONE right shot, but its really worth the effort when the end product is great!

BTW, he is all smiles now bye bye fever!

[moodyfly]

Originally Posted by cheguthamrin Thank you very much. I realise I have not been able to replicate the same result many tries later... AIS 50mm f1.4 manual focusing on my D40 had been fun, although I've clicked >100 shots everytime I hold the camera just to get the ONE right shot, but its really worth the effort when the end product is great! BTW, he is all smiles now bye bye fever!

Congrats!

[strobby]

Congrate

[amosfoo]

i dont know if its a compliment or not, but this picture looks like something out of a documentary about health or the lack-of. sorry! but you've really captured a moment there. maybe less DOF would do better though. =)