Impromptu Portrait

[psykopyro]

Well i was shooting landscapes and i ended up shooting family portraits instead :-)

Comments and critiques are appreciated, as always.

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/5269/img3072large7as.jpg

[hemuni]

Just proves that its the photog and not the gear that takes pictures. Beautifully framed, congratulations.
I guess the boys face is a bit dark, but I wouldn't change it (you asked for critique aswell).

[chrnat]

Nice shot the happiness shows in the faces.

I would crop the sky and move the horizon off the middle also the face off the focus centre.

Portraiture beats landscape for me but combining the two wow.

Well done

[psykopyro]

thanks, i'll be sure to incorporate those into my second version tonight

any other suggestions?

[Lonnie]

I like this photo a lot as-is. Very nice.

[psykopyro]

thanks for the comments!

any others?

[Hellashot]

A fill flash would have helped a bit.

[tim]

Not bad. Like Hellashot said fill flash would be good, and you'll get a better picture if you stand back a bit and use a longer lens.

[ErikW]

I agree about cropping a touch but otherwise, the shot is one in a million. Absolutely beautiful!

[psykopyro]

Not bad. Like Hellashot said fill flash would be good, and you'll get a better picture if you stand back a bit and use a longer lens.

thanks for the advice, but all i have right now is my crappy 18-55 kit lens.

i'll try the cropping and i'll see how it turns out =]

[chrnat]

Cant wait to see the next version

Nothing to do with the Kit BTW

[psykopyro]

Ok, so i cropped the sky out quite a bit, i personally prefer the first version, so i need a second opinion. Also, i increased the brightness on the boy's face by about 7%

also, this might be due to my crappy monitor, but the image looks somewhat more vibrant and bright in it's native .psd format. Could the jpeg conversion/resizing take away some of the colors?

thanks

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/3295/momandloic2medium8xq.jpg

[ajbalazic]

Great shot and great edit psyko. I like the orignal composition better though.

[Titus213]

I like the light on the face. The boys face can be brought up in photoshop if you desire. I would have cropped the right side of the photo and left the right side alone. That would put the family on the right, off center.

[Mizaki]

Ok, so i cropped the sky out quite a bit, i personally prefer the first version, so i need a second opinion. Also, i increased the brightness on the boy's face by about 7%

also, this might be due to my crappy monitor, but the image looks somewhat more vibrant and bright in it's native .psd format. Could the jpeg conversion/resizing take away some of the colors?

thanks

The first one is better. It has good touch of great wide opens and it looks very natural. The second one is a bit too cramped to my taste.

[blue_max]

Didn't you show this shot months ago Cedric?

It sure rings a bell with me.

Graham

[psykopyro]

Didn't you show this shot months ago Cedric?

It sure rings a bell with me.

Graham

haha, nope!

which shot would you be reffering to? i'm interested

thanks