Second post here - CC please

Second post in this forum. My granddaughter - so I'm prejudice. Would like some outsider opinions. Was playing with my lighting but only had a few minutes to setup.

Thanks in advance.

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Temperate might be a little cool and there's a little too much room at the top of the frame. Probably would have been better if her eyes were paralell to the frame not at an angle.

Agree with Hellashot:
Little cool (shadow light is), espically the white clothes.
Top of head is a little low.
I disagree eye angle - I love the angle the head.

From my position (Just starting Scott Kelby's book) you are advanced with PS type enhancements. You have given it an over all "large neg quality" look which is very good. The only comment about that is about the eye white - there is something different about them.
I love the lighting and Im not sure if the cheek color is PS or natural, but it all works very well. Your sharpening on the hair is excellent.

Now with all of that said the sum total of all of this is one priceless image of an adorable little girl. The general "impact" of the image is a hugh success which is made stonger with small cropping from the top. I bet mom just loves the image and its really easy to see why.

Excellent

Thanks for the input.

Thanks for taking the time. I appreciate it. BTW, didn't do anything to her cheek color. Very little levels, some USM, and minor blemish removal on her upper lip. Maybe a little contrast too.

great pose, she has such a genuine expression. i agree its a little cool, but i think it looks pretty good regardless.

I think this is a great shot. Although a little cool the exposure seems nice and even. Nice work!

Hey thanks everyone. I'm a little perplexed on the cool comments. Do you mean the color temperature is too cool on the Kelvin scale? It looks great on my Mac and even warmer on my PC at work. In other words the whites apear white versus blue. Are we talking the same thing?

Great shot! What lighting setup were you using?

I was trying something new. I shot the main light through a diffuser panel with the strobe close to the diffuser so it would be on the harsh side. Had a fill light which really didn't do a lot so it must be a pretty high ratio. I only get a couple shots off before she gets bored. But I'm interested if it looks "cool" to you because I'm not seeing it.

thanks

The shot looks great and cool lighting works in this photo. It gives it an innocence and freshness feel. I don't think warm lighting would have looked as good with the white shirt and her skin tones.

Small bit of advice...your signature eats up a lot of vertical message space...try going horizontal.

I think it's a nice shot, but you might want to try it in black and white to add a little more emotion. Just a suggestion but I like it a lot.