A couple of pics - Would love some feedback.

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

02/21/2006 04:57:16 AM · #1

Hi Guys,

I was wondering if anyone would be so good as to give me a little feedback on these pics...
Taken in colour and desat using Hue/Saturation is PS. A little bit of cloning of distracting background in the first, but thats all.
Click for bigger pics (and excuse the watermarks - They are for my website and of my son, so don't really want to put them up without them...)

Oh - I have prints of the first two hanging up at home - 20" by 30" and they look fab!

suemack

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

02/21/2006 06:45:42 AM · #2

I bet they look fantastic! Lovely shots.....specially like the one behind the wires!

KevinRiggs

Canon EOS-1Ds

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

02/21/2006 06:50:24 AM · #3

I like the first one best. Good shot of his eyes and those cubby little cheeks. Precious and well-done.

Congrats on these

missinseattle

Nikon D200

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

02/21/2006 07:03:02 AM · #4

I really like the first one. All of them are good, but the first is my favorite. I'm not crazy about the colored ball in the 3rd one- maybe if it were a different color lol but the yellow just doesn't do much for me.
Great job though!

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

02/21/2006 07:48:00 AM · #5

Thanks for the comments guys...

The second was my fav too...
The ball in the third can be a number of colours, using the Hue/Saturation tool.
It was isolated by not desaturating Yellow on the background layer. I then added second layer and competely desaturated it. Finally I added a layermask and worked it so that just the ball showed through as there were a couple of other small yellow areas.
Would that be the easiest way to go about doing this kind of thing?

The ball was originally yellow and this was his first time playing in this play centre, so it kind of keeps the memory alive! He carried that ball round for ages! (It looked good in red though...Hmmm...)

AL.

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

02/21/2006 08:06:23 AM · #6

Originally posted by suemack:

I bet they look fantastic! Lovely shots.....specially like the one behind the wires!

I can see why - SNAP!
LOL...

Nald

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED

02/21/2006 08:17:25 AM · #7

To be honest, I like them all. What a handsome little man, well done!

pawdrix

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF

02/21/2006 08:51:26 AM · #8

Al-Very nice shots. I think you could crop down a little closer to the top of his head. That extra space up top isn't necessary.

idnic

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

02/21/2006 08:56:08 AM · #9

Lovely images. You captured him very well. I disagree, however, about cropping the top. A master photog once told me to leave space above children, it helps to give them a sense of scale.

I don't always stick to that advice, but I think it works well with these shots.

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Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

02/21/2006 09:01:50 AM · #10

Originally posted by idnic:

I disagree, however, about cropping the top. A master photog once told me to leave space above children, it helps to give them a sense of scale.

I don't always stick to that advice, but I think it works well with these shots.

I had not heard that before - interesting.

Again - Thanks for your input guys...

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

02/21/2006 10:14:55 AM · #11

Any one else care to comment?

pawdrix

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF

02/21/2006 10:40:25 AM · #12

I'm stickin with my comment. I still think that extra space up top does the image no justice imo.

this is one of my favorite kid shots on the site (grigrigirl)

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Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

02/21/2006 11:05:13 AM · #13

I think you're right Pawdrix - It looks a little better without the space up top, though I wanted to constrain the proportions, so it would need cropping on the left/right a little too I think.

Do you think the third would benefit from a tighter crop too?

Thanks for the pointer though... taken on board!

AL.

pawdrix

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF

02/21/2006 11:11:22 AM · #14

I think, to tighten up at the top you would have needed a bit more space open on the left on both to get the best perspective...to be honest but I still think it looks better overall.

Try it out with the other...it only takes a minute. If you have more space on the left in the original image(s) keep it in and then crop down.

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