Valentine's smile
by RebTheRebel

Comment by RebTheRebel:

Originally posted by clues56: A beautiful little girl!! And the lighting of her soft skin is perfect. Having her rest against the tree adds a little dreaminess to it. One of the bes children photographs I've seen

It's true she was not lying, sitting, sleeping ... at rest. But she really was at rest after playing and running everywhere, it was the first time I seen this expression on her face ... and it lasted only 1 second ...

Thank you very much all for your kind comments, I am very happy.

Valentine's smile
by RebTheRebel

Comment by RebTheRebel:

Originally posted by Zeissman: too bad you couldn't have removed that hair from her mouth, otherwise great

Yes you are right, I don't know how to do it (after shot) I had only 1 or 2 seconds to take the shot, and it was difficult to manage hair removing. Although I don't seen it at the shooting time (due to fact I had to shoot very quickly to catch this expression, If she was posing I would had the time to remove it). I would like to know how to remove it in the final picture, does someone can help me (Photosho or Photoshop Elements).
Thanks a lot.
Rui Felipe

Message edited by author 2003-10-01 08:13:24.

Valentine's smile
by RebTheRebel

Comment by RebTheRebel:

Originally posted by uabresch: Beautiful smile and eyes, good picture. Did you try cropping a bit more off the top of the picture, maybe right below the little yellow mark at the top right? I wonder if the picture might be a bit more effective that way. Something to try. It's a beautiful picture as it is though. ~8

Thank you very much for your comments, I tried and you're right, it's better. Do you know how to remove the hair from her mouth (Photoshop or photoshop elements).

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with us.
Rui Felipe

Message edited by author 2003-10-01 08:14:33.

Valentine's smile
by RebTheRebel

Comment by RebTheRebel:

Originally posted by banmorn: nice portraiture. no implication of being at rest as the model, though cute, is posing for the camera.

Valentine is a very kind but unruly niece, she was playing and running a lot before the shoot, she really stopped and stayed at rest against the tree for 1 or 2 seconds, I took around 20 pictures before this one, and you would see it's completely different.
She was not posing, but resting tired of playing a lot... I can't catch this expression on her face anymore, unless I am lucky ...

Anyway the main goal was to give a calm mood around the shoot.
Thank you for your comment.

Valentine's smile
by RebTheRebel

Comment by RebTheRebel:

Originally posted by WesF: A wonderfully composed protrait! The only thing I see is the detail in her blouse is out of focus. This could be just a depth of field issue.

I think that is not really an issue, it's certainly due to the canon teleobjectif, at F4.0 and at long it is a really small range for DOF.

Thank you for your comment

Message edited by author 2003-10-01 08:15:35.

Valentine's smile
by RebTheRebel

Comment by WesF:
A wonderfully composed protrait! The only thing I see is the detail in her blouse is out of focus. This could be just a depth of field issue.

Valentine's smile
by RebTheRebel

Comment by NicNic101:
Very cute!

Valentine's smile
by RebTheRebel

Comment by Morgan:
Wonderful submission. 9 Morgan

Valentine's smile
by RebTheRebel

Comment by banmorn:
nice portraiture. no implication of being at rest as the model, though cute, is posing for the camera.

Valentine's smile
by RebTheRebel

Comment by Silent Sister:
A very nice photo. Maybe not exactly at rest, but the over all look of the subject, with her head resting, is restful to me. I don't know.....maybe it has something to do with being a grandmother. :) Clarity and composition are great.