Tear me apart - criticsm wanted

What do you guys think? It was my first real shoot with off camera flash. I have included my settings and I am using a Canon 40D, the flashes were either the 430EXII or 530EX in manual mode triggered by Cactus V4's.

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love the emotion you captured, very lovely
the last one is my favorite =)
criticism? they seem a little soft? perhaps it was the compression from your photo host.

Accessoire wrote in post #9951415
love the emotion you captured, very lovely
the last one is my favorite =)
criticism? they seem a little soft? perhaps it was the compression from your photo host.

Thank you!

Maybe too shallow DOF? I did compressed them at work with ImageResizer from M$ though.

http://www.microsoft.c​om …more/tips/esche​lman2.mspx

Here are the full size photos as exported out of Lightroom.

#1 http://www.aceengineer​ing.ca/Temp/40D/IMG_01​93f.jpg <- does look soft...crap.
#2 http://www.aceengineer​ing.ca/Temp/40D/IMG_03​93f.jpg
#3 http://www.aceengineer​ing.ca/Temp/40D/IMG_04​40f.jpg
#4 http://www.aceengineer​ing.ca/Temp/40D/IMG_05​16f.jpg

Is the compression tool I used?

If photos are for mood, three cheers to you if photos are for photographic precision then #123 are a bit soft even in the full size. Personally I liked them ALL
(Image resizing spoilt the crispness to a great extent, thanks for providing with the full sizes)

great shot's - but yes, they are a little soft - maybe you have to use a different apeture- maybe 2.0 or 2.8..

Thanks! All my other lenses can only go down to f/3.5 so I think I go overboard with the nifty fifty with how low it can go.

#1 looks soft but is cute of them
#2 colors look strange??
#3 Love it - (though some would care about the hand being cut off)
#4 very sweet and I like the feel of it

I love #4. I like #3, but I wish mom had a different expression.

Justiss wrote in post #9953041
#1 looks soft but is cute of them
#2 colors look strange??
#3 Love it - (though some would care about the hand being cut off)
#4 very sweet and I like the feel of it

#2 had a filter applied to it so that's why the colors look a bit different. #3...ya it was just a quick shot in between shoots and I was a bit too close with the nifty fifty.

Thanks for the critiques!

Love the expression in #1 although a bit soft. Not sure I like #2 because of the blow outs of her hair and ear. #3 I feel is too tight as mentioned. Love #4 which is my favorite!

#3 and 4 are very nice captures.

#1 I don't mind the off-centered comp, some rim lighting would be nice on the right shoulder/arm. Maybe do away with some of the unproductive black space at right. Nice pose
#2 Too much backlighting. It's distracting and takes away from the softness of your subject. Clothes almost washed out. I like the look away from the lens.
#3 Nice lighting and tonal values. Could work as an ad with mother chasing distracted kid.
#4 Lot of shadows to deal with. I like it close like this. Maybe try in Black and White

Overall 3.5/5

I love the last one, great capture!
The first two are a bit soft..