My little sweetie

[neekak9]

I am rather new to photography and really enjoy taking close-up pictures of my kids. I am in the process of buying a d-slr so I am still using a p & s.Having a little trouble getting the little ones to stay still long enough for the slow camera. This is one ofthe betters shots.


I cropped it down A LOT. Please let me know whatyou think of it or what could make it better.

Thanks!

Rob

[Nancy Gabby]

Definitely a good shot. But if you cropped it, I would like to see more of the hair, b/c honestly, I can't tell if it is a boy or a girl. By the title I am assuming it is a little girl.

[neekak9]

You are right. She is a girl. Her hair was a mess and the shot was taken in the living room so you won't be impressed by the original photo. I will try to post it so others can change it too if they want.

Thanks.

Rob


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[digcamfan]

Hi neekak9,

You have a great subject there

Here is another crop (given comments from others on this thread) with a slight bump in contrast to"obscure" the objects in the background.

[neekak9]

I like that digcamfan. Makes her look a little more like a girl.

I will try to post more pictures of her again next weekend. I appreciate your take on it.

Thanks.

Rob

[VTphotog]

She is a real cutie, for sure. Very nice expression. Congrats on getting the photo.

I agree that the background is the only real problem in this pic. I used the clone tool to even it out, then blurred and used a soft spot filter to further reduce b/g. cropped a little of the open space on left, and added a touch of grain. ( I used to shoot exclusively with Tri-X, and B/W pictures without grain look wrong to me)

brian

[ConnieD]

Rob..I really like this crop of the head. The others are great too. I guess I am just partial to close ups. Thanks for sharing.

Connie

[mactek]

You might try cropping, removing the background and rotating the image about 30 degrees to the left. The angle of the head is awkward.

mactek

[RodneyBlair]

If you are attempting to render a visually effective image, then you had it right with the first cropped version.

If you can edit a catch light on the left eye, it will work better.

Rodney

[neekak9]

RodneyBlair wrote:

If you can edit a catch light on the left eye, it will work better.

Rodney

Thanks everyone for your replies. Rodney, I am not sure what you mean by the quote above. Can you explain for mea little?

Thanks again.

Rob