first post on potn. pic of my son

[deltaboxxx]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/3876747931_bb23f51713_o.jpgi know its a bit soft but the original pic had alot of noise to cover up. any suggestions/comments on my pp?

[jngo]

cute shot. lighting is good. only a few things that I see: there's way too much background and the track/dirt path cuts right through his neck...very distracting in a field of green. but what do I know? love the concept.

[jenirose3]

My best advice is to nail your camera settings first. A properly exposed image will hardly have any noise. All of your noise reduction on this image have ruined it IMHO.

[Noelle8818]

I'm no pro, but I think the picture is fantastic!

[matonanjin]

cute shot. lighting is good. only a few things that I see: there's way too much background and the track/dirt path cuts right through his neck...very distracting in a field of green. but what do I know? love the concept.

Watch your backgrounds. I don't think there is too much background. But as jngo said you have the track going right through his neck And the one tree is making is a hat on him:rolleyes:

I ould have moved him over camera right to get the goals out of the picture and then placed him between the two trees.

And lastly as jeni said, I don't know why you would have had noise in an outdoor portrait. You should have been able to use a low ISO.

It is a cute picture of a cute kid.

[deltaboxxx]

thanks for the comments guys...im still new to using manual settings,although i agree the noise reduction took away from the pic...and i honestly didnt notice the track thru the neck till u pointed it out,but very true..

thanks again! i will work on the faults

[deltaboxxx]

i guess i should have stated this in my op,

i was just out with him so he could play and i was sitting on the field,and when he came to sit down then i had him pose,which is why picture background was last of my thoughts. very spur of the moment posing (i was just doin snap shots before really)

i personally liked the goal post,but now that u mention the track,that bothers.