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Lonni


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Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Date: Sep 2, 2008
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Children
Date Uploaded: Sep 1, 2008

Viewed: 331
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

 My daughter yawning. She has a cold at the moment, so she's sleepier than usual.

Her aunt says that this photo makes her look ugly :(

Lit by ambient.

Adobe Camera Raw conversion - Just the auto settings then added some fit light. Burned around the edge of the irises of her eyes, Cloned out the leg of a table in the background (hence the silver bokeh).

Ken suggested that the hue was a bit high and demonstrated how he could improve it by reducing the hue and the input level of white. That much improved the result:





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 09/29/2008 04:52:27 PM
Good job with the lighting and I like the warm tones.
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 09/07/2008 06:34:31 PM
Love the bokeh, she really pops out of the background.
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 09/05/2008 08:51:04 AM
Nice use of DOF to isolate the subject. This photo, pose, and crop would be priceless(not that it isnt now) if she had a smile and a twinkle in her eye.
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 09/04/2008 10:00:05 PM
My preferences tend to go toward using a very diluted hue/saturation effect myself. I try and avoid overly warm portraiture unless there's a real reason to use it. (There rarely is in my experience. heh)

So yes, I like the suggestion to tone that down too.

I can't really add any more to what has been said except this: Never listen to family when taking photos, or deciding which ones to keep. They are always wrong. They have too much emotional investment in them. lol.
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 09/03/2008 05:12:43 PM
Priceless. Greeting card material. What more is there to say? Congrats on the capture!
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 09/03/2008 12:03:24 AM
That's quite the expression you captured!
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 09/02/2008 11:20:17 PM
I wish I were taking pics like this when my babes were little. What an adorable moment! The softness is perfect for this innocent moment. I do see a little too much sharpening on the lower part of her upper lip. When I run into this, I usually just mask it out and see if I like it better. She's a cutie!
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 09/02/2008 05:06:36 PM
Hope she slept well after that yawn. Very cute shot, a wonderful addition to the family album.
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 09/02/2008 03:49:31 PM
She's really not yawning, she is saying, "Oh man, put that thing up and stop taking pictures of me already" Great capture. Love the expression.
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 09/02/2008 08:22:06 AM
Classic look. Love the light. Has a great feel to it.
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 09/01/2008 09:25:10 PM
Oh, what a cutie pie! Love the drool hanging off the tip of the chin. Her eyes are a lovely shade of blue.
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