I think Liam is my favorite model. He hasn't complained once about having his picture taken. Maybe when he can speak that might happen but until then... :)
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Shooting details:
Nikon D50
2007/07/13 19:17:39.1
Compressed RAW (12-bit)
Image Size: Large (3008 x 2000)
Lens: 50mm F/1.8 D
Focal Length: 50mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/250 sec - F/1.8
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Optimize Image: Custom
White Balance: Direct sunlight
AF Mode: AF-S
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Color Mode: Mode IIIa (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: Medium High
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Enhanced
Sharpening: Medium high
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Place: 253 out of 366 Avg (all users): 5.0685 Avg (commenters): 5.6250 Avg (participants): 4.9551 Avg (non-participants): 5.1462 Views since voting: 847 Views during voting: 279 Votes: 219 Comments: 10 Favorites: 0
Well first of all, what a cute baby :) I am supposed to critique this but find it kindof hard as I personally don´t like it when people say negative things about pictures of my kids so I find it hard to say anything negative about photos of other peoples kids too.
Instead I´ll just point out a couple of things that I think would make this photo better. I do like that you shot it against the light but still would just have wanted you to concentrate on exposing for the face as it´s kindof underexposed and just not cared about the backround, just let that blow all out if neccesary to expose the face correctly. Also, I see you used daylight white balance, I think this would be much more pleasant if you upped the WB to about maybe 7000 kelvin (or even more, just play around with it for personal preference), that would take care of the bluish skintone cast and yield a lot more warmer and pleasant colors in the shot as a whole.
I like the shallow dof and sharpness in the shot, contrast is also good and I frankly can´t understand why this only just barely scored above a 5. Maybe people are getting fed up by baby pictures but not me so I don´t get it, think it´s a bit underrated. Backround bokeh is also good and again, that´s a very cute baby and he´s got a great expression :)
Very cute expression! Shame it's a bit dark on the face, perhaps you could have selectively brightened him a bit so as not to blow out the higlights too much in the back? Nice job on the eyes!
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