The model was staring emptily (meditatively) into the camera. His
head was supported from behind so he could stay still without
effort.nose and bone structure of the forehead and the hair.
The photo on the right is focused exactly on the iris of the eye.
The photo on the left is focused a bit to the front. One can see the
shift in sharpness most clearly on the eyebrows and the hair.
With an LCD monitor, it is important to have one's head directly in
front of each image to see it accurately. The slight change in
brightness from viewing off-center with an LCD monitor will change
the image and the expression. It might be best to print out the
images for comparison sake. They are in Adobe RGB 1998 color space.
The first thing one should notice is that the expression changes when
the focus shifts forward. The face is more placid and less actively
expressive in the right hand photo, focused on the eye. The
plasticity is on the eyeball and the viewer's eye is attracted
immediately and almost magnetically to the eyes (plasticity is the
effect of three-dimensionality on a two-dimensional surface). In the
left hand photo, the plasticity has moved forward more to the mouth,
which has taken on a more dynamic character, as has the nose and the
bone structure of the eyebrows and the hair. The expression has taken
on a more dynamic and actively expressive character, due to the
greater emphasis of the mouth, tip of the nose, and forehead, etc.
The photo on the right is an accurate depiction of the model at that
moment. He was simply staring emptily and inexpressively into the
camera. The photo on the left is a falsification of his expression,
which had none of the somewhat more dynamic character of that photo.
This comparison was scanned simultaneously from two matched prints,
side by side on a tabloid-sized scanner. No manipulation whatsoever
was applied during or after the scan. I even left the few blemishes
on the prints. They will also be posted in larger resolution, for
those who can view it that way.
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