Finally a Decent Picture-Part II

Lovely shot!

I feel your pain. I have plenty of pics of my daughter solo, of my wife solo, but together? Nope. I have less pics of her and myself, mostly because I prefer to stay behind the camera.

I partially blame it on owning a 1.6x cropped camera and the 50 f/1.4 being the wides lens I own for portraits. I hear the 35 f/1.4 calling... or the 28 f/1.8...

BTW. She doesn't look much like her mom, does she?!

AWE this is soo sweet! Made me smile.

whiskaz wrote in post #2048553
Lovely shot!

I feel your pain. I have plenty of pics of my daughter solo, of my wife solo, but together? Nope. I have less pics of her and myself, mostly because I prefer to stay behind the camera.

I partially blame it on owning a 1.6x cropped camera and the 50 f/1.4 being the wides lens I own for portraits. I hear the 35 f/1.4 calling... or the 28 f/1.8...

BTW. She doesn't look much like her mom, does she?!

Thanks. That 35 would be a very nice aquisition. Oh, and she gets her looks from me.

Rhinotherunt wrote in post #2048719
AWE this is soo sweet! Made me smile.

Thak you very much. Glad you got a smile out of it.

Great looking family, Mike.

I hope that nice woman knows how lucky she is to be getting kitchen cabinets instead of an EF 300 f/4L.

AeroSmith wrote in post #2050787
Great looking family, Mike.

I hope that nice woman knows how lucky she is to be getting kitchen cabinets instead of an EF 300 f/4L.

They were garage cabinets, not kitchen cabinets, so in a way I still got something out of it.

This is beautiful! I love how the light is hitting them... very sharp, crisp and the colors look so natural and real! Great capture!

I gave it a quick edit for you just to give you some ideas about things you can try... I really love your version, so natural and pretty.... I just love editing too and thought this one might look neat with a midnight black action to soften things up a bit... I still think I like the original you posted better..

Very beautiful girls you have there.

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Kristy wrote in post #2099629
This is beautiful! I love how the light is hitting them... very sharp, crisp and the colors look so natural and real! Great capture!

I gave it a quick edit for you just to give you some ideas about things you can try... I really love your version, so natural and pretty.... I just love editing too and thought this one might look neat with a midnight black action to soften things up a bit... I still think I like the original you posted better..

Very beautiful girls you have there.

Thanks Kristy. Is there a way to adjust the image so that my wife's face is uniform in color? I like the way the shot turned out except that one part. I have been studying for a test lately and haven't had much time to try any other methods of PP on it but when I get the test out of the way I plan to edit some more shots. The wife and I got out yesterday and got some pics of just her but I don't know when I will get to edit them either.

In2Photos wrote in post #2102813
Thanks Kristy. Is there a way to adjust the image so that my wife's face is uniform in color? I like the way the shot turned out except that one part. I have been studying for a test lately and haven't had much time to try any other methods of PP on it but when I get the test out of the way I plan to edit some more shots. The wife and I got out yesterday and got some pics of just her but I don't know when I will get to edit them either.

Hi,

I think there's a large shadow on her face from the baby's head... You could try doing a fill flash action on it... I may just play with again for you later on and see...

You can download Kartin Eismann's fill flash action at www.atncentral.com I use it sometimes and it works nicely... it's applied on it's own layer so you can adjust the amount to your liking... doesn't look good on everything, but I've used in in a pinch a time or two..

me gusta mucho

Kristy wrote in post #2103116
Hi,

I think there's a large shadow on her face from the baby's head... You could try doing a fill flash action on it... I may just play with again for you later on and see...

You can download Kartin Eismann's fill flash action at www.atncentral.com I use it sometimes and it works nicely... it's applied on it's own layer so you can adjust the amount to your liking... doesn't look good on everything, but I've used in in a pinch a time or two..

Yup, I think you are right about the shadow Kristy. I need to check out atncentral one of these days as well.

freefallu wrote in post #2104047
me gusta mucho

Thanks David. Glad you like it.

okay, here are a couple edits using the fill flash action and flattened an then ran the midight black action with a couple of my own tweaks here and there....

I added a little lip color on your wife and a little extra cheek color on both of them.... and a few other monor things....

Wadda-ya think?

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Kristy wrote in post #2107709
okay, here are a couple edits using the fill flash action and flattened an then ran the midight black action with a couple of my own tweaks here and there....

I added a little lip color on your wife and a little extra cheek color on both of them.... and a few other monor things....

Wadda-ya think?

I think I am going to have to get those actions. WOW! I like them very much. Thanks.