A day in the park with the twins...
by iceMan71

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review:

Color Saturation and Hue: N/A Brightness and Contrast: Well done. Details are visible in the shadows, and although a couple of areas are on the edge, nothing is burned out and featureless. Focus is good, however depth of field appears just a tiny bit shallow. I see smoe softeness at the edge of the hair, and the clothing on their backs. Otherwise a very nice job of isolating the foreground and background to draw attention to the subject.

The border may have been a bit bold for some of the voters, but it is not so bold as to distract from the image.

Overall a timeless image, and a one I am sure their family will treasure in the future.

Congratulations on a well deserved top 5 finish.

A day in the park with the twins...
by iceMan71

Comment by iceMan71:
Wow, thanks for all the nice comments. I was not expecting the 5th place to be honest and I did not actually shot this for the challenge. I was trying my new 70-200 2.8L IS and just got this shot by chance. If I was shotting it for the challenge probably I would have gone with an f/2.8 to get even more shallow dof.

Some self critique:

- I have to agree that this is not a portrait shot per se, but looks like most of the people are ok with that ;-)

- I really wanted to get a color version for the challenge but just couldn't get the colors right with the jpeg version. So I ended up going with bw... Color version has a bit more 3d effect. Lesson's learned: Will go back to shooting raw or at least try to use the right white balance; never use the autobalance when shooting jpeg at all... Well, I'm glad again most of the people liked the bw version.

Thanks again everybody for the comments and votes. And the biggest thanks go to my beautiful twin daughters of course...

Message edited by author 2008-06-27 16:08:18.

A day in the park with the twins...
by iceMan71

Comment by Alicia:
Gotta love two babies in the grass. Very cute - well processed. Congrats on 5th place.

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Comment by bassbone:
Congrats on the HM. A fabulous moment captured, the exploration of youth.

A day in the park with the twins...
by iceMan71

Comment by Brad:
Hard to fit this into a "portrait" per say, as it's a candid moment really.
Certainly one to cherish though and a moment that will last a lifetime.
Ok, it's growing on me. Not a "classic" portrait, but a well done candid portrait. Mia? This yours?

A day in the park with the twins...
by iceMan71

Comment by DarkRider:
Great capture tops the cute scale. Perfect B&W mix. The DOF just leads you right to them its awesome.I see the tops of their heads a level but I think the eyes set to level would have been perfect and would have matched the plane of the grass in front of them too. Good Luck you have my vote.

A day in the park with the twins...
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Comment by overclover:
Very cool compostion the choice of B&W and the framing really compliment this shot. Nice job.

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by iceMan71

Comment by dsa157:
I love the interaction between the two as they are both reaching for the same object. great tension in the shot as you don't know what the reaction will be from the one who got it and the one who didn't. :)

A day in the park with the twins...
by iceMan71

Comment by Patsfan:
Nice b/w shot. Good lighting and good focus.

A day in the park with the twins...
by iceMan71

Comment by spiritualspatula:
Great shot. I feel that the border works perfectly for this