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Feb 21, 2006 23:09 |  #1

Well i was shooting landscapes and i ended up shooting family portraits instead :-)

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Feb 21, 2006 23:20 |  #2

Just proves that its the photog and not the gear that takes pictures. Beautifully framed, congratulations.
I guess the boys face is a bit dark, but I wouldn't change it (you asked for critique aswell).


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Feb 22, 2006 06:12 |  #3

Nice shot the happiness shows in the faces.

I would crop the sky and move the horizon off the middle also the face off the focus centre.

Portraiture beats landscape for me but combining the two wow.

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Feb 22, 2006 13:59 |  #4

thanks, i'll be sure to incorporate those into my second version tonight

any other suggestions?


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Feb 22, 2006 18:03 |  #5

I like this photo a lot as-is. Very nice.


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Feb 23, 2006 13:08 |  #6

thanks for the comments!

any others?


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Feb 23, 2006 19:35 |  #7
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A fill flash would have helped a bit.


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Feb 23, 2006 19:47 |  #8

Not bad. Like Hellashot said fill flash would be good, and you'll get a better picture if you stand back a bit and use a longer lens.


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Feb 23, 2006 20:17 |  #9

I agree about cropping a touch but otherwise, the shot is one in a million. Absolutely beautiful!




  
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Feb 23, 2006 20:45 as a reply to  @ tim's post |  #10

tim wrote:
Not bad. Like Hellashot said fill flash would be good, and you'll get a better picture if you stand back a bit and use a longer lens.

thanks for the advice, but all i have right now is my crappy 18-55 kit lens.

i'll try the cropping and i'll see how it turns out =]


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Feb 24, 2006 06:47 |  #11

Cant wait to see the next version

Nothing to do with the Kit BTW


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Feb 24, 2006 11:35 |  #12

Ok, so i cropped the sky out quite a bit, i personally prefer the first version, so i need a second opinion. Also, i increased the brightness on the boy's face by about 7%

also, this might be due to my crappy monitor, but the image looks somewhat more vibrant and bright in it's native .psd format. Could the jpeg conversion/resizing take away some of the colors?

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Feb 25, 2006 11:24 |  #13

Great shot and great edit psyko. I like the orignal composition better though.


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Feb 25, 2006 22:20 |  #14

I like the light on the face. The boys face can be brought up in photoshop if you desire. I would have cropped the right side of the photo and left the right side alone. That would put the family on the right, off center.


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Feb 26, 2006 11:36 as a reply to  @ psykopyro's post |  #15

psykopyro wrote:
Ok, so i cropped the sky out quite a bit, i personally prefer the first version, so i need a second opinion. Also, i increased the brightness on the boy's face by about 7%

also, this might be due to my crappy monitor, but the image looks somewhat more vibrant and bright in it's native .psd format. Could the jpeg conversion/resizing take away some of the colors?

thanks

The first one is better. It has good touch of great wide opens and it looks very natural. The second one is a bit too cramped to my taste.


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