A present for grandma: Two of these are very close crops. Do you think they are OK! C & C welcome.

pamelajoy Loc: Aussie

Two of these are very close crops. Do you think they are OK!
C & C welcome.

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Tea8 Loc: Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.

I definitely think the first pic is cropped a little close. It looks like the baby's head is being squeezed. I like the second and third one. There's something about the last couple that seem a little off to me, but I'm not exactly sure what. Maybe someone else has an idea on those.

pamelajoy Loc: Aussie

Tea8 wrote:

I definitely think the first pic is cropped a little close. It looks like the baby's head is being squeezed. I like the second and third one. There's something about the last couple that seem a little off to me, but I'm not exactly sure what. Maybe someone else has an idea on those.

Thanks for your interest Tea8 I'll post a less tight crop for comparison.

gym Loc: Athens, Georgia

They're all nice poses. Number two seems to be the only one with sharp focus on the eyes. In the others the eyes seem a little soft. Otherwise -very nice.

Tea8 Loc: Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.

pamelajoy wrote:

Tea8 wrote:

I definitely think the first pic is cropped a little close. It looks like the baby's head is being squeezed. I like the second and third one. There's something about the last couple that seem a little off to me, but I'm not exactly sure what. Maybe someone else has an idea on those.

Thanks for your interest Tea8 I'll post a less tight crop for comparison.

This one I like better. If you cut much more out you will be listing that sense of who's holding her. I know it seems like she is ver small in the photo but the really tight crop is just too tight. Maybe next time when taking the pic you could try a little bit of a different angle and then get closer and not have to crop too much.

MWAC Loc: Somewhere East Of Crazy

#1 you've cropped to much and it's causing pixelation of the image. Noise Reduction software might be able to help some but you've cropped 2/3 of the of the image and tossed those pixels in the trash. Better to zoom in and use the pixels than drasically crop.

#2 I like this one, the eyes are sharp. It's a nice capture.

#3 the skin tone looks off, the baby looks a little to washed out for my liking.

pamelajoy Loc: Aussie

gym wrote:

They're all nice poses. Number two seems to be the only one with sharp focus on the eyes. In the others the eyes seem a little soft. Otherwise -very nice.

Thank you for your comments gym. I'll focus more on the focus in future lol.

pamelajoy Loc: Aussie

Tea8 wrote:

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Thanks Tea8. Hopefully the family is getting used to me taking photos. this was the first time. Great granddad was not too keen. I'll certainly work on your suggestions. thanks again.

pamelajoy Loc: Aussie

MWAC wrote:

#1 you've cropped to much and it's causing pixelation of the image. Noise Reduction software might be able to help some but you've cropped 2/3 of the of the image and tossed those pixels in the trash. Better to zoom in and use the pixels than drasically crop.

#2 I like this one, the eyes are sharp. It's a nice capture.

#3 the skin tone looks off, the baby looks a little to washed out for my liking.

Thanks MWAC your comments are helpful and to the point. i was unsure of the skin tone on 2, but hadn't noticed 3. i will see what I can do about 3. Any ideas about processing 5. the baby had a seriously red skin condition.

CajonPhotog Loc: Shreveport, LA

I like #2 the best. #1, as everyone has said, is just too cropped. #2, I feel, that the ear on the left stands out too much and distracts from the focal point of the face. #3, even though it is a tad soft, which is ok for baby pictures, leaves dead space on the left side so the eye remains fixed on the baby and nothing else.

Here is what I did with the other baby:
1. Patch tool on the cheeks to smoothe it all out. Had to use a smaller section at a time.
2. Hue & Saturation adjustment. (did not use hue)
3. Highpass filter for sharpening. That really made the eyes pop.

pamelajoy Loc: Aussie

CajonPhotog wrote:

I like #2 the best. #1, as everyone has said, is j... (show quote)

thanks CajonPhotog for your comments and editing. I'll try a different crop with 2. I like what yo did with my great nephew. I'll have another go using your info and try if I can do better.