vk2gwk wrote in post #9396710
The light is good - apart from the shadow in your face that you already commented on. The over all impression is that it is a bit reddish. But that can be easily fixed. either the colour temperature a bit down or the "red" just a tad less saturated. I am not much of a fan of DPP (the software you used) I prefer the raw processor in Photoshop CS4 or Lightroom - gives you more flexibility.
For me something is not perfect in the composition although I am not completely sure what.... May be just a little bit more of the boy - your wife's arm seems a bit cut off. Or the boy sort of sitting between the two of you on a support out of view. Wonder what others will have to say about that.
The red tinge is my fault. I thought the auto white balance made it a bit cool, so I warmed it up a bit, but looks like I may have overshot a little. Thanks!
I use DPP because it's free. 
Right now I can't swing the extra few hundred for LR or CS4. If you have any recommendations on another free (or sub-$100) app, I'd love to try it out.
As for the crop, ugh, that was kind of a pain. I was trying to balance A) The tight space I had to fit the camera and us, B) Trying to fill the background with the tree as much as possible (had to sit on the floor where the tree is widest), and C) Getting the DOF to where the tree was blurred sufficiently (and D - Trying to do it all while the baby was still happy )
Vidcanon wrote in post #9398031When I first looked I noticed it was a little red also. Not bad other than the obvious shadow on your face. Cute son btw.
Thanks!
JimMcrae wrote in post #9398171+1 on the red but otherwise a nice shot.
Out of curiosity, did you change your setting to Portrait in DPP? I never use this for portraits because it always gives me this reddish tinge.
Nope, but good eye. I've had the same experience as you mentioned with the Portrait setting, so I avoid it as well. This is just using the Standard setting.
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