Used to read in photography books that 80-120 mm lenses (talking 35 mm film here ofc) is commonly used for portraits, and maybe there’s something to it. At least for this woman, as far as I think, she looks best at 100 mm - 350 mm and 35 mm both look considerably worse. I guess it would depend on the face.
I don’t honestly know what lens would best emulate the perspective you get from eyeballs at around 1.5 meters, but perhaps the 350 mm lens is as far from that as 35 mm is? Conventional wisdom would say 50 mm looks similar to what the eyeball sees, but would it pan out here, too?
