Taylor, my great niece/ C&C please

[CoquetteRN]

I love both of these shots, they were spontaneous and I am trying to decide if the I can live with the blown background. I processed these a bit with the intention of giving it an aged photo feel. Oh, btw, this was the first time I had met my great niece and the first time I had seen my niece since she had been 9 mo's old (she is 23 now). It was a very exciting day. c&c is welcome especially since I don't usually shoot people. Thanks!!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2602/3970376797_73a9178c4e.jpg
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[CoquetteRN]

is there a better place to post these for comments? Thanks!

[NellyNero]

Adorable. I especially love the first one. Lovely processing too. I don't think the blown background is a problem at all on the first one- especially since the bokeh is nice and soft. Maybe on the second one I'd darken the blown-out bit on the right hand side; purely because, being so bright, my eye was drawn to it before it was drawn to the subject.

[TMT]

She is really cute. Did you crop the first one. For me, it should have more room on the right than on the left.

TFS

[CoquetteRN]

Adorable. I especially love the first one. Lovely processing too. I don't think the blown background is a problem at all on the first one- especially since the bokeh is nice and soft. Maybe on the second one I'd darken the blown-out bit on the right hand side; purely because, being so bright, my eye was drawn to it before it was drawn to the subject.

Thanks Nelly! I will have to figure out how to isolate the blown area darken it. I am not very good at post processing.

TFS, yeah, I did crop the first one because you can see the shirt of my fiance who was holding her. Here is the uncropped version.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/3978113688_dfffe4f620.jpg

[Grimlock]

I really like the second shot. Composed very nicely and the blow-outs don't really bug me much. Cute baby, and good shots!