Scottish highlanders in the Netherlands

pniev

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Posted this at Fujixspot too. My apologies to those who saw it already. A group of Scottish highlanders (I might be using the wrong name) walking freely in the dunes. It was a nice yesterday, so I brought the Fuji x-pro1 and the 60mm lens (and velvia 100F- preset during LR import).

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I was expecting men in kilts, too. I won't say I was disappointed (It's been my experience that most men who wear kilts outside Scotland have the physique to defend their choice if challenged!) but I was certainly surprised!

I enjoyed them all - not a breed I often get to see! Oddly, I like the third one best. I say oddly because the classic advice when photographing critters is to get the eyes sharp, and you can't really see any of their eyes. But maybe that's an important part of the portraits in this case!
 
Thanks, Ruby! Perhaps I should buy a kilt.

It wasn't possible to focus on the eyes w/o focus peaking and I just did not have the time/patience to do that. I used f/8 to get sufficient DoF so the eyes would probably have been sharp in #3, if they would have been visible. The cow just did not want to look at me so I took the shot when I saw the cow in the background looking at me. Viewfinders come in handy for these type of shots.
BTW: When I look at 100% the eyes of the main subjects are sharp. I also prefer to work with shorter rather than longer DoF.


I was expecting men in kilts, too. I won't say I was disappointed (It's been my experience that most men who wear kilts outside Scotland have the physique to defend their choice if challenged!) but I was certainly surprised!

I enjoyed them all - not a breed I often get to see! Oddly, I like the third one best. I say oddly because the classic advice when photographing critters is to get the eyes sharp, and you can't really see any of their eyes. But maybe that's an important part of the portraits in this case!
 
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