Too much of a close-up?

One of my best friends and her dauthers came by and I pulled out the camera for some snapshots. I grabbed this picture. I like it myself, but could it be "too close"? There was some buildings in the bakground that sort of was a distraction, so I zoomed in closer (165 mm on my 80-200/2.8 L lens) to get rid of the busy background. Used the LS II to see how it behaves (haven't started to use it much)... so I wonder if it looks like it's "too much flash" too?

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i dont think its too close

I think you nailed it. Nice shot!

looks perfectly natural.... nothing wrong with it.

Thanks!! How about the colors? I'm feeling the 350D is creating a bit too much red and when I change the Hue a bit the skin colors looks more natural. But I might have overdone it. Input?

only you can really judge that since you know what she really looks like - but to me - she has a very warm health and youthful glow...

with that said - I find that I in general need to go in and lower the red levels about 10% in a good number of photographs taken with Canon lenses. Maybe that is what the red strip signifies. Cheers.

I think the colors are pretty natural. I like it a lot. Nice job.

I think it is great shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks all good on my screen! I dont think its too close..Its a great shot!

Absolutely stunning

Best regards,
Andy

Augh...that picture only serves to remind me how quickly my daughter is growing up!

...great shot, by the way.

A keeper!

Da Roach

Nice capture. Clean and detailed. Good job.

Lovely shot - I think you're going to have to watch out for the boys when she's a bit older

Hi Petra, This photo looks fine, albeit a bit tight, but apparently that's one way to eliminate a noisy background.
The tone and color look really good, however, I cant help but wonder after seeing how nicely the background seems to be blown out, if you might have gotten away with a slightly wider angle?
-Bruce