Some CC appreciated

as you can see..I'm pretty new here.. well, maybe not NEW.. but just not a frequent poster.. Im sitting back and reading all the tips i see and trying them out.. I hope this portrait doesn't stink..


He had just got a haircut and didnt like it so short so wanted to do this with his hood up... lol..

...Dang.. still havent figured out how to get the link to show pic without having to click on it

http://www.flickr.com …llery_showcase/​7566249174

Scott
EOS 60d

Not bad.
I'd say that the colors of both the hoodie and the tree are pulling the image to the "cool" side of the spectrum. Try warming it up a little - I think it would do wonders for his skin tone and the image overall.

Keep shooting!

To show your photo instead of a link, when editing your post use the second icon from the right and paste the link to Flickr in the pop up window.
You get the right link to Flickr by going to "view all sizes" and select the size 1024x.... Then rightclick on the blue "Download the Large 1024 size of this photo" and select copy shortcut - then paste this in the pop up window.
Like this:

HTTP response: NOT FOUND | MIME changed to 'image/gif' | Redirected to error image by FLICKR

I think you have a cool shot - nicely captured the "guy" look. Maybe sharpen this image though.

the "cool" look doesn't work for me on this one - not because of the pose, but because of where it was shot from. You are shooting down at him. One of the things that separates a snap shot and a photograph is where the shot was take from. Shooting down at kids always lends itself to a snap shot look. Getting lower so that the lens is eye level, or even just below - particularly when shooting a cool kid look shot - makes a huge difference.

Next time try both angles, and see what a difference it makes.

Sharpen more.. I can try that.. thought i sharpened enough.. but can go back and add more..

and getting lower.. Well that I cant go back and edit in.. Hmm... guess I will need to take more photos..

thanks for the advise and information on posting links

vk2gwk wrote in post #14714695
To show your photo instead of a link, when editing your post use the second icon from the right and paste the link to Flickr in the pop up window.
You get the right link to Flickr by going to "view all sizes" and select the size 1024x.... Then rightclick on the blue "Download the Large 1024 size of this photo" and select copy shortcut - then paste this in the pop up window.

I like the composition. Focus and exposure are OK and the "cool" look looks cool to me

I just tried doing this step by step and its giving me an error saying file is too big.. I even went down to the medium 800 and same thing... Grr.. I hate computers sometimes

Keep trying.