Cape Cod - Comments welcome

[peterm1]

I just finished going through over 200 photos I took with my 10D on Cape Cod, and have posted my favorites at http://www.pbase.com/peterm1/cape_cod_2003

Comments are welcome, since I am am relatively new to photography and have a lot to learn!

Thanks for looking,

Peter M

[peterm1]

I forgot to post a few samples here - here goes:

http://www.pbase.com/image/19412853.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/19412879.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/19412899.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/19412902.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/19412937.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/19412942.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/19413005.jpg

Thanks again,

Peter M

[eland]

I just had time to look at the first one.

A very pleasant pic of a lovely child.

No matter whether it's a cheap or expensive camera the
basic rules don't change.

If the general scene is sunny and the subject's face is in shade,
your pic will never be 100 %.

To overcome this, with the camera set to "P" raise the camera's flashgun.
Then take the pic as you did.

The flash will raise the light level on the little girl's face....
and on the rest of her. This will balance the light more.
After all the little girl is the most important feature in the image.
Therefore she must be properly lit.
Try it at home. It's called Fill-Flash.

If you are ok using an editing program you could selectively
lighten the girl. Then remove the chair behind her and the
object bottom right and you'll have an excellent portrait.

eland

[pappy]

You have some excellent photos there, Peter, keep shooting and posting.

Rgeards,
peter

[peterm1]

Thanks Eland. I did use a fill-flash (I think you can see the catch light in her eyes), although perhaps I should have increased the flash compensation.

I will edit out the chair and front object as you mentioned in Photoshop and see how it looks - thanks again for the comments.

-Peter

[peterm1]

Eland, I did what you suggested - I removed the blanket in the lower right corner and cloned out the person in the chair in the background, and then I selectively lightened my subject using an adjustment and mask in Photoshop. While I did not get it perfect (this is the first time I tried a mask in Photoshop), I do think it looks better. Here are the two for comparison purposes:

http://www.pbase.com/image/19502118.jpg

http://www2.pbase.com/image/19412853.jpg

What do you think?

Thanks,

Peter