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Photos of son

Postby viper1968 on Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:49 pm

Hi,
Just thought I would post a copule of recent shots of my sons. I'm interested in peoples thoughts. C&C greatly appreciated.
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Re: Photos of son

Postby sirhc55 on Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:52 pm

Andrew

#1 - I like this shot for the look on your sons face. It’s not often that you can get a pensive shot from a kid. The only thing I would do is crop down from the top to remove some dead space.

#2 - The DOF is too shallow and focus should be on the eyes. But, another lovely pose.
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Re: Photos of son

Postby Glen on Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:55 pm

Andrew, I love 1 and agree with Chris (but wouldn't have noticed if Chris keen eye hadn't pointed it out). 2 is also appealling
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Re: Photos of son

Postby Francis on Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:05 pm

great B&W conversion, how did you do it?
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Re: Photos of son

Postby Geoff on Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:20 pm

Andrew - I too agree with Chris, the first image with a crop will be fantastic.

I like #2 as well, and again Chris is spot on! Out of curiosity what aperture was this shot at?
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Re: Photos of son

Postby viper1968 on Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:30 pm

Thanks everyone for the feedback.. It is greatly appreciated.

I took the original RAW shot, desaturated the image then played around with the levels.

The aperture for the shot was f2.8
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Re: Photos of son

Postby Pehpsi on Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:41 am

Both beautiful shots :) #1 is my pick of the litter though.
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Re: Photos of son

Postby libertyterran on Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:54 am

1st shot is really impressive, if you crop off the space on top of his head.
2nd shot captures the moment really well. A bit too shallow DOF. Am I repeating whatever sirhc55 said?
:D Really nice B/W process though!
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