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03/20/2005 10:39:39 PM · #1 |
Just wondering if I could get feedback on a photo I took at a 1st birthday party yesterday. Birthday girl in question:
Constructive comments appreciated!
I have a few issues I'm not totally satisfied with - but will keep those to myself to not sway the replies. Thank you!!
Message edited by author 2005-03-20 23:10:32.
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03/21/2005 06:10:24 AM · #2 |
I only see 2 things wrong with this picture, there is way too much flash so you need to adjust that in photoshop, but the other thing photoshop can´t fix is that the girl looks way to much to the left so the white of her eye becomes too visible, you should have called her name just before shooting :)
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03/21/2005 09:54:21 AM · #3 |
| The child's hair seems to melt into the dark background! |
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03/21/2005 10:02:10 AM · #4 |
| What bothers me is the object that is in the background that seems to be growing out of the babys head. It works for a snap shot though. You really have to pay attention to what is in the background. Remember you are taking a 3D scene and making it 2D in a print. |
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03/21/2005 12:43:06 PM · #5 |
Given that it's not always easy to take nice photographs inside when there is not a lot of available light, I think you did a nice job. What I personnally like a bit less is the tiny bit of red eye (or the reflexion of the flash in her eye) and the hair that are lost in the background. I like the fact that you are not distracted by anything else because your background is dark, so we can focus on her without hesitation. Hope this helps.
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03/21/2005 06:29:18 PM · #6 |
Thank you for all of the suggestions. Like I said - I had a few issues with this shot - but didn't think of all that was mentioned.
It was a quick shot - not planned or thought out. Unfortunately, the baby has short attention span and there were so many people and things at her party she kept turning away. I did call her name but by the time my camera she had looked away at something more interesting (a major limitation to my camera).
I was not happy with the hair blending into the background - though, I thought that was not so major as a distracting background. So I darkened it to get rid of all the "stuff". I did think the lighting was on her face and outfit were pretty good (and her face stood out pretty well) - but I did lighten it a bit and increase contrast in PS.
Here is an updated version where I tried to darken the area above her head (thing growing out of top of her head) and I also cloned her eye to get rid of the flash reflection.
An improvement?
Here is the original (resized only for DPC)
Message edited by author 2005-03-21 18:33:24.
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