Love girl.

Daughter of a friend at the beach. EF 85 f/1.8 on 1D MkII N. Uncropped from the original. f/2.8; 1/250s; ISO 100.

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That's pretty cool.. I like the framing with her hair/face and the "love" on her shirt.

Jim G wrote in post #2221223
That's pretty cool.. I like the framing with her hair/face and the "love" on her shirt.

Jim, many thanks. Yeah, I dig the "Love" shirt as well. And I think she's a very cute little girl. Here's the same shot in color.

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Really a darling portrait with the tousled hair. Her family must love that one picture!

Love that curly hair, great shot Josh.

Awesome photo .

I like the BW conversion good work.

Great shot. I love the composition. But I have to ask, why the 85 1.8 rather than the 85L?

Wonderful B&W conversion ! Nice composition!

Beautiful compostion, beautiful little girl, and I love the b&w version! You're good!

nice capture!

Wow, many thanks to all of you for your nice words.

Mebailey, to be honest with you I prefer the 85/1.8 for its smaller size and faster AF speed. I think it's a better walk around lens. I generally, but not always, reserve the 85/1.2 for low light situations or when I want crazy wide aperatures. I love them both though. 85mm may be one of my favorite focal lengths.

That's a beautiful shot, and I think it works well in black and white but I prefer the colour because she has pretty hair

Very nice Josh. The B&W conversion works out very well in this shot. Must be nice to still have "good" weather.

In2Photos wrote in post #2224431
Very nice Josh. The B&W conversion works out very well in this shot. Must be nice to still have "good" weather.

Ahhhhhh, oh Great Keeper of the Archive, thank you so much.

Yes indeed, this may be the best time of year here. The weather is perfect and the tourists haven't showed up en masse yet. But I know when folks start to post beautiful winter photographs I'll be very jealous.