- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
I've just recently bought the LX5 - absolutely love it - but I'm still not entirely used to working (or changing the way I think) with the smaller sensor, great little camera though it is.
For example in the photo below, if I had taken the photo with my Canon 7D I would've done it with a wide aperture to increase the depth of field, with the main focus on the girl in the center of the photo with the umbrella. This way the girl is the only person in sharp focus. The smaller sensor of the LX5 doesn't allow me to do that and the girl subsequently becomes part of the larger photo.
How do you recommend I could've have approached the taking of this photo armed with a compact if I wanted the girl to stand out from the crowd?
In an attempt to fix this photo, I tried artificially adding a soft focus around the girl via Google's Picasa but it ain't lookin' that good:
For example in the photo below, if I had taken the photo with my Canon 7D I would've done it with a wide aperture to increase the depth of field, with the main focus on the girl in the center of the photo with the umbrella. This way the girl is the only person in sharp focus. The smaller sensor of the LX5 doesn't allow me to do that and the girl subsequently becomes part of the larger photo.
How do you recommend I could've have approached the taking of this photo armed with a compact if I wanted the girl to stand out from the crowd?
In an attempt to fix this photo, I tried artificially adding a soft focus around the girl via Google's Picasa but it ain't lookin' that good: