My Girl...

I cannot help, but to show her off.

Both shot with 300D, 580EX Speedlight, and Sigma 70-200mm 2.8 EX HSM DG at teh Birmingham, AL Botanical Gardens. The images lost a good bit of detail and saturation when I saved for web.

1st image: (A little soft due to slow shutter speed, but I love the pose!)
F/2.8
1/45 sec.
ISO 100
@ 200mm

2nd image: (My favorite in the series.)
F/2.8
1/200 sec.
ISO 100
@ 126mm

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first one is a bit on the soft side, but posing is nice; second shot is much better; nice work

Ryan,
She is beautiful especially her eyes. Good job! thanks for sharing

I like the second one. The first seems off.

the second one is really your only usable photo here..but what a photo it is...

cheers,

CookieMonster wrote in post #2039792
first one is a bit on the soft side, but posing is nice; second shot is much better; nice work

Thanks!

shung wrote in post #2039793
Ryan,
She is beautiful especially her eyes. Good job! thanks for sharing

Yes, her eyes are what captivate me. I think I am in love. LOL!

Familia wrote in post #2039797
I like the second one. The first seems off.

Yes, the first one is off due to camera shake. Silly me! I think I can hold it steady at 200mm with 1/45 second shutter speeds. LOL!

symes wrote in post #2039804
the second one is really your only usable photo here..but what a photo it is...

cheers,

True, thus why it really did not make the cut, but stayed in my personal files. I just love the pose.

great DOF on the second.

She looks very comfortable in front of the camera, lucky you!

I agree that the first is too out of focus, but in the current vanity fair there is an out of focus picture of Tom Cruise's new little one with about the same shake going on. So, you never know... Good job with these. You should keep showing off!

affdrummerboy88 wrote in post #2039909
great DOF on the second.

THANKS! One reason I LOVE my Sigma 70-200mm 2.8.

solinger wrote in post #2039922
She looks very comfortable in front of the camera, lucky you!

I agree that the first is too out of focus, but in the current vanity fair there is an out of focus picture of Tom Cruise's new little one with about the same shake going on. So, you never know... Good job with these. You should keep showing off!

I am lucky! She is so fun because she really hams it up! I wish I could post more images in this post, but there are new posting guidelines... Out of the 60 we took, I kept 45. The ones that were "printers" were about 35.

I am going to see if I can attach a couple more...

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Don't forget to put the camera down and spend some time with her

solinger wrote in post #2040031
Don't forget to put the camera down and spend some time with her

Oh I do! She had been wanting me to do a session with her. She REALLY loves to be infront of the camera. So, this was her special day. This past weekend we went to another park and I was showing her the basics of my camera. She is soo amazing. She had so much fun. I think I am going to buy her a MACRO lens and give her my 300D when I get a 30D. Girls and flowers you know...