Jenny
Aug 12, 2013 18:19:42 #
I would appreciate any critique on this portrait of my Great granddaughter. Have I done anything wrong and how could I improve it?
Aug 12, 2013 21:48:31 #
The part that is your granddaughter is gorgeous. But it looks like the out-of-focus background was a post-process addition - it has that little "glow/halo" around her head.
It is not "wrong." Just something contrived about it.
But the subject is done very well.
It is not "wrong." Just something contrived about it.
But the subject is done very well.
Aug 12, 2013 23:23:49 #
Aug 13, 2013 07:21:07 #
TonyB wrote:
I would appreciate any critique on this portrait of my Great granddaughter. Have I done anything wrong and how could I improve it?
I'll bet this little sweetheart has captured your heart. Beautiful shot, beautiful baby. Thanks for sharing.
Aug 13, 2013 09:17:17 #
Thank you Cliff, I had to blur the background as it was too cluttered, and was the mothers dining room. Maybe I did too much and caused the halo effect.
Aug 13, 2013 09:21:07 #
John Adams wrote:
I'll bet this little sweetheart has captured your heart. Beautiful shot, beautiful baby. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, John, she is just at the age where you have to be quick to capture her few still moments. and, yes, she has captured our hearts.
Aug 13, 2013 11:24:32 #
Aug 13, 2013 12:09:42 #
TonyB wrote:
I would appreciate any critique on this portrait of my Great granddaughter. Have I done anything wrong and how could I improve it?
Love this type of shot
The camera settings F2.8... 1/56 @ iso 800 possibly added to the grain and if you reduce your ISO this would easily be sorted... A little off camera flash (diffused) would work wonders
at F2.8 and moving closer you would have avoided the need to Blur the background with natural bokeh or increase the aperture more if possible to F1.4 or F1.8 if your lens is capable and reduce ISO along the way.
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Aug 13, 2013 15:55:48 #
Thank you JoboX, Yes, my lens opens to f2 and that would have allowed iso400 as well as assisting the background blur without pp and would have reduced the halo effect round her head. The only flash I have is on camera, but maybe a little tissue paper over it would help with any harshness in lighting.
These replies have given me quite a few good ideas for the next time Jenny comes to visit.
These replies have given me quite a few good ideas for the next time Jenny comes to visit.
Aug 13, 2013 16:02:34 #
Thank you Photoman74, I agree that a crop off one side would bring it into line with the thirds rule as well as enabling me to get a bit closer and reducing the amount of pp required.
I put this photo into my local club competition where it wasn't placed, but I have learned a lot from the UHH, so thank you all for your kind comments
I put this photo into my local club competition where it wasn't placed, but I have learned a lot from the UHH, so thank you all for your kind comments
Aug 13, 2013 17:09:50 #
TonyB wrote:
Thank you JoboX, Yes, my lens opens to f2 and that would have allowed iso400 as well as assisting the background blur without pp and would have reduced the halo effect round her head. The only flash I have is on camera, but maybe a little tissue paper over it would help with any harshness in lighting.
These replies have given me quite a few good ideas for the next time Jenny comes to visit.
These replies have given me quite a few good ideas for the next time Jenny comes to visit.
If you can get away from on camera flash it will give you so many options... youngho do a cheap manual speedlight that you can trigger from your own on camera flash as a slave.....
Aug 14, 2013 03:52:35 #
I tried to remove the halo, hope you don't mind. I'm learning PS, sort of. If this bothers you, I will delete it. Nice shot, adorable!
Aug 14, 2013 08:50:15 #
GWMT wrote:
I tried to remove the halo, hope you don't mind. I'm learning PS, sort of. If this bothers you, I will delete it. Nice shot, adorable!
If they DO mind, it's a little late, isn't it?
Aug 14, 2013 09:40:43 #
Aug 14, 2013 12:53:46 #
GWMT, Thank you for your improvement, that is the reason I asked for assistance to improve. I like the square crop, it does not follow the thirds rule, but rules are made to be broken.
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