Poppit: My good friend's Great Granddaughter. Comments / critiques are appreciated. Canon Rebel T3, f4, ISO 800, 1/60

mahma Loc: Lower Alabama

My good friend's Great Granddaughter.

Comments / critiques are appreciated.

Canon Rebel T3, f4, ISO 800, 1/60 - don't remember if flash was used.

kavin1957 Loc: Clinton Township

If it was me I would crop in on face, because the right hand is out of focus. The back ground looks dark, but with children I would try for faster shutter speed, they never stop moving. They generally say try to get hands, and arms in picture. I like the expression tho, very cute kid.

mahma Loc: Lower Alabama

Thank you

Jusoljoe Loc: Texas

If flash was used the arm probably would not be blurred due to movement. I understand this is a spur of the moment shot which is good. If planned a backlight of some sort could have improved the shot.

Jusoljoe Loc: Texas

On second look the shadows and eye catch light sure indicate use of a flash. The out of focus arm must have been a shallow DOF. :roll:

bkyser Loc: Fly over country in Indiana

Out of focus arms look like Post Processing to me.

mahma Loc: Lower Alabama

bkyser wrote:

Out of focus arms look like Post Processing to me.

You have good eyes. I did a blur in post.

Mainly I was concerned that it be in focus on the face, as I am having a problem with that.

Thank you ALL for responding. Have a blessed day.

CajonPhotog Loc: Shreveport, LA

I was told by a member here that the red tones around the outline, chin, and hairline does not make for a good photo. He was looking at one of mine, and it kind of deflated me, but he was right. Your photo, as cute as it is, has a lot of that same red fringing. I for one, would like to hear from others what causes that, and or how to eliminate it. I think a Portrait crop of this photo would help a lot. Say, from her right shoulder just where the arm starts, down to right above her right hand, over to her left shoulder at the point where the arm shows up, then up to somewhere above her head. That would eliminate the arms all together, but would focus in on that cute face.

CajonPhotog Loc: Shreveport, LA

This is kind of what I was talking about.

mahma Loc: Lower Alabama

CajonPhotog wrote:

This is kind of what I was talking about.

Thank you for your imput. I do like the crop you did. :)

ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida

mahma wrote:

My good friend's Great Granddaughter.

Comments / critiques are appreciated.

Canon Rebel T3, f4, ISO 800, 1/60 - don't remember if flash was used.

Hi Miss Linda
Sometimes we forget that delightful family photographs like this photo suddenly "Pop up" no amount of pre-planning, photographic expertise or ultra mega pixel cameras are any use. You either recorded the magic memory or you decided to calculate DOF, exposure, composition and in the meantime your subject went or started crying or whatever. As a humanist first and photo enthusiast second, I think you grabbed a very nice and memorable photograph.

Ian

mahma Loc: Lower Alabama

ianhargraves1066 wrote:

quote=mahma My good friend's Great Granddaughter.... (show quote)

Thank you Ian, and you are quite correct in the spontinaity of the shot. She was there for a minute and gone the next. She is a cutie tho, and I've missed several candid shots that would have been even better. Which is why my high school photography teacher was insistant that we carry our cameras everywhere because we never knew when that special shot would make an appearance. I'm trying to get back into the habit of doing just that.

mahma Loc: Lower Alabama

ianhargraves1066 wrote:

quote=mahma My good friend's Great Granddaughter.... (show quote)

Thank you Ian, and you are quite correct in the spontinaity of the shot. She was there for a minute and gone the next. She is a cutie tho, and I've missed several candid shots that would have been even better. Which is why my high school photography teacher was insistant that we carry our cameras everywhere because we never knew when that special shot would make an appearance. I'm trying to get back into the habit of doing just that.