1 year old Alissa

[youloze]

My first post here so be gentle :) I just wanted to share some recent pics of my daughter on her first birthday. C&C is certainly welcome and I also have a question. The sky was getting blown out, I understand why, my question is - Would a ND grad filter would be the best solution to shots like these? Or would I be better off with a circular polarizer given that they dont all have a true horizon? I ended up cropping most of the photos to get rid of the sky but I'd like next time to have a nice blue sky in the BG.

Anyway, here are the pics and thanks for looking:

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff73/youloze/IMG_2818.jpg




http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff73/youloze/IMG_2892.jpg




http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff73/youloze/IMG_2899.jpg




http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff73/youloze/IMG_2856.jpg




http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff73/youloze/IMG_2932.jpg




http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff73/youloze/IMG_2875.jpg




http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff73/youloze/IMG_2965-1.jpg

[Maureen Souza]

She is very cute......and you did a pretty good job here. Love her tiny piggy-tail :)

[youloze]

Haha, thanks. She finally has enough hair on top to put one up

[youloze]

Hey Skip, I was shooting with a 50d and 17-85 Canon lens. The second to the last pic was taken in AV mode at f5 at 38mm.

[advaitin]

ISO, shutter speed, exif data. The more details, the better the critique. As it is now, the only answer I have is that a polarizer or a graduated ND filter will help with bright skies, but I think the shots seem soft to me--or your DOF at f5 was too shallow.