Finally a Decent Picture-Part II

[In2Photos]

Some of you may remember the first picture I posted about finally getting a good shot of the two women in my life. If not look here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=203878). I always seem to have trouble getting these two in sync, but while looking back through some photos taken almost 2 months ago I found this one that I had already done PP on but it got stashed away. C&C always welcomed and especially appreciated.

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[locky]

Nice photo.

[Marlin523]

Great photo

[PEACHMAN]

Very Decent indeed!....good work and capture!

[TheSteveMadden]

Much more than "decent". Very nicely done - especially the lighting.

[chesscheckmate]

much, much better than the first one

[Art Rodriguez]

I like everything about this photo, including the frame. Glad you found it and shared it with us Mike.

Art

[tony fanning]

Well worth searching for!

[Titus213]

Yup, a real keeper. Nice job capturing a couple of pretty ladies....

[mrclark321]

Very nice Mike

Dan

[tpetty]

The pink in this shot really sets it off well against your wife's white shirt. Really nice composition.

[Maureen Souza]

It's a beautiful shot... great lighting and bokeh, wonderful composition and expressions. Keep up the good work!

[Mike_Canon5D]

Definitively a keeper, great shot. I bet it would look great in a BW conversion.

[mamabravo]

love the dof
and the photo is goood

[In2Photos]

Nice photo.

Thank you.

Great photo

Glad you like it.

Very Decent indeed!....good work and capture!

Thank you sir.

Much more than "decent". Very nicely done - especially the lighting.

You are too kind Steve. And you gotta love that evening sun.

much, much better than the first one

Thanks. I think so too, but the expression on Haley's face in the first is what makes that shot.

I like everything about this photo, including the frame. Glad you found it and shared it with us Mike.

Art

Thanks Art. I have to give credit to POTN member mickle for the frame.

Well worth searching for!

Thanks Tony. I wonder what else I might have in my stash.:D

Yup, a real keeper. Nice job capturing a couple of pretty ladies....

Thanks. We plan on printing this one when we find the right frame.

Very nice Mike

Dan

Thank you Dan.

The pink in this shot really sets it off well against your wife's white shirt. Really nice composition.

Well the clothing was pure luck here, but I will take it. ;) Thanks.

It's a beautiful shot... great lighting and bokeh, wonderful composition and expressions. Keep up the good work!

Thanks Maureen. I will try to get more, but these ladies are tough.:lol:

Definitively a keeper, great shot. I bet it would look great in a BW conversion.

Thanks Mike. Now that you mention it I might have to try it out in B&W.

love the dof
and the photo is goood

Thanks. I am happy with the results.

[whiskaz]

Lovely shot!

I feel your pain. I have plenty of pics of my daughter solo, of my wife solo, but together? Nope. I have less pics of her and myself, mostly because I prefer to stay behind the camera.

I partially blame it on owning a 1.6x cropped camera and the 50 f/1.4 being the wides lens I own for portraits. I hear the 35 f/1.4 calling... or the 28 f/1.8... ;)

BTW. She doesn't look much like her mom, does she?! :)

[Rhinotherunt]

AWE this is soo sweet! :) Made me smile. :)

[In2Photos]

Lovely shot!

I feel your pain. I have plenty of pics of my daughter solo, of my wife solo, but together? Nope. I have less pics of her and myself, mostly because I prefer to stay behind the camera.

I partially blame it on owning a 1.6x cropped camera and the 50 f/1.4 being the wides lens I own for portraits. I hear the 35 f/1.4 calling... or the 28 f/1.8... ;)

BTW. She doesn't look much like her mom, does she?! :)

Thanks. That 35 would be a very nice aquisition. Oh, and she gets her looks from me.:lol:

AWE this is soo sweet! :) Made me smile. :)
Thak you very much. Glad you got a smile out of it.

[AeroSmith]

Great looking family, Mike.

I hope that nice woman knows how lucky she is to be getting kitchen cabinets instead of an EF 300 f/4L. :D

[In2Photos]

Great looking family, Mike.

I hope that nice woman knows how lucky she is to be getting kitchen cabinets instead of an EF 300 f/4L. :D
They were garage cabinets, not kitchen cabinets, so in a way I still got something out of it.:)

[Kristy]

This is beautiful! I love how the light is hitting them... very sharp, crisp and the colors look so natural and real! Great capture! :)

I gave it a quick edit for you just to give you some ideas about things you can try... I really love your version, so natural and pretty.... I just love editing too and thought this one might look neat with a midnight black action to soften things up a bit... I still think I like the original you posted better..

Very beautiful girls you have there. :)

[In2Photos]

This is beautiful! I love how the light is hitting them... very sharp, crisp and the colors look so natural and real! Great capture! :)

I gave it a quick edit for you just to give you some ideas about things you can try... I really love your version, so natural and pretty.... I just love editing too and thought this one might look neat with a midnight black action to soften things up a bit... I still think I like the original you posted better..

Very beautiful girls you have there. :)

Thanks Kristy. Is there a way to adjust the image so that my wife's face is uniform in color? I like the way the shot turned out except that one part. I have been studying for a test lately and haven't had much time to try any other methods of PP on it but when I get the test out of the way I plan to edit some more shots. The wife and I got out yesterday and got some pics of just her but I don't know when I will get to edit them either.

[Kristy]

Thanks Kristy. Is there a way to adjust the image so that my wife's face is uniform in color? I like the way the shot turned out except that one part. I have been studying for a test lately and haven't had much time to try any other methods of PP on it but when I get the test out of the way I plan to edit some more shots. The wife and I got out yesterday and got some pics of just her but I don't know when I will get to edit them either.


Hi,

I think there's a large shadow on her face from the baby's head... You could try doing a fill flash action on it... I may just play with again for you later on and see...

You can download Kartin Eismann's fill flash action at www.atncentral.com (http://www.atncentral.com) I use it sometimes and it works nicely... it's applied on it's own layer so you can adjust the amount to your liking... doesn't look good on everything, but I've used in in a pinch a time or two.. ;)

[freefallu]

me gusta mucho

[In2Photos]

Hi,

I think there's a large shadow on her face from the baby's head... You could try doing a fill flash action on it... I may just play with again for you later on and see...

You can download Kartin Eismann's fill flash action at www.atncentral.com (http://www.atncentral.com) I use it sometimes and it works nicely... it's applied on it's own layer so you can adjust the amount to your liking... doesn't look good on everything, but I've used in in a pinch a time or two.. ;)

Yup, I think you are right about the shadow Kristy. I need to check out atncentral one of these days as well.

me gusta mucho
Thanks David. Glad you like it.

[Kristy]

okay, here are a couple edits using the fill flash action and flattened an then ran the midight black action with a couple of my own tweaks here and there....

I added a little lip color on your wife and a little extra cheek color on both of them.... and a few other monor things....

Wadda-ya think?

[In2Photos]

okay, here are a couple edits using the fill flash action and flattened an then ran the midight black action with a couple of my own tweaks here and there....

I added a little lip color on your wife and a little extra cheek color on both of them.... and a few other monor things....

Wadda-ya think?
I think I am going to have to get those actions. WOW! I like them very much. Thanks.