She doesn't even have to smile...

Couse shes pretty no matter what
My (almost) 3 year old DD Easter Morning

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Nice photo, beautiful eyes!!

That's a nice photo.

She's so beautiful! Such amazing light, focus, depth of field, and a wonderful backdrop.

My ONLY critique here, she's a bit blue. Maybe try to add some warmth and see how you like it

This is a lovely photo - and with that wistful look, I agree, she doesn't have to smile. Love the processing too.

Thanks. Daddy was holding her up against a tree that just started to bloom. I think your right about adding warmth, Keniko. Ill go add some now It was a VERY overcast day. which was perfect !

how do you always get such beautiful color in your photos? is it post processing? please share, I can never get that gorgeous color and end up changing most of my photos to different processings...

LylasMama wrote in post #9949360
how do you always get such beautiful color in your photos? is it post processing? please share, I can never get that gorgeous color and end up changing most of my photos to different processings...

honestly its all settings. the only thing I did to this photo was add a tiny bit of contrast and curves , since I shot in raw- i brought out the "blacks" a bit, and then sharpened a tad. not much at all... maybe took me 2 minutes

what settings do you use to achieve these colors then? I have tried and tried and never get these vibrant colors

LylasMama wrote in post #9951058
what settings do you use to achieve these colors then? I have tried and tried and never get these vibrant colors

Lets see... this was an overcast morning around 9:30 ish.

My settings were:

SS: 1/320
Aperture: f/ 2.8
50mm 1.8 lens
ISO 200

a truly lovely capture
i really love the colors as well, springy and bright and such a cutie pie, too!
my daughter is 16 and sometimes won't smile in photos either lol

hope you dont mind, i threw it into photoshop to bring some warmth as earlier responses suggested:

beautiful capture either way

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ngrohosky wrote in post #9952884
hope you dont mind, i threw it into photoshop to bring some warmth as earlier responses suggested:

beautiful capture either way

dont mind.... looks great thanks

Very nice, I think I prefer the original even though the WB is a bit cooler.

Oh my. What a beautiful little girl you have! GORGEOUS eyes. You're going to have a lot of fun when the boys start calling...