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  • mort
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    My boy Alex at 3 months. I was tempted to flip it vertically but this is how it was shot and I kinda like it. I just wish the crop above the chin wasn’t so tight but he’s a little wriggler and this was the best of the few I took today.

    earthairfire
    Participant

    You gotta love this shot!

    I agree on the chin / crop issue, but it’s a minor point.

    Given the circumstances, I think you did a grand job! Those eyes are stunning.

    My only suggestions to improve it would be to have lighting which gave a slightly more contrasty image, and to be careful of what is reflected in the eyes – is that you and a window I can see?

    Tim

    jb7
    Participant

    hello again Mort-

    another edit,
    lets see if I can do any better than last time-
    lovely picture, and you have it the right way up alright-

    j

    Not Pete the bloke
    Participant

    Jeez jb7, you remind me of my former self….. :lol: Have you ever heard of over-cooking??

    jb7
    Participant

    Nothing matters til you print it Brandyman-
    until then, they’re only ideas –

    :D

    BTW,

    overcooking usually refers to pushing the highlights off the edge;
    The edit I’ve done here is to open up the mid-tones using the Levels slider.

    The highlights have not been altered much.

    I don’t think that paper white is too much of an issue in high-key childrens portraits anyway-

    j

    PeteTheBloke
    Member

    Crikey. The first version made me feel a bit disorientated, but JB’s edit is really spooky looking. Fair play to you, Joseph, you’re certainly an Ideas Man.

    Tango
    Member

    Hi,

    Portraits don’t normally do it for me. I find a lot of them can be very similar (especially of young kids)
    But this one i really like….. It’s thinking outside the box and i like to think the kind of shot i’d frame and hang if i’m ever blessed with my own little devils.

    JB7

    Have you been watching Casper the friendly ghost again? :D

    T.

    jb7
    Participant

    You guys – !

    Maybe I’d do a bit more work on it if it were my kid, esp. around the eyes, but its not, so I didn’t.

    I don’t know what you’re looking at this on,
    but at least one of you had admitted using a dodgy monitor today-

    :lol:

    but if it were my kid,
    I’d have something like this
    up on the wall at 6×4.

    High key like this.
    But more work to do on the mouth,
    and the 8″ diameter corneas.

    I think its a striking picture,
    and, if I were to interpret it to the point of printing it,
    this is what I’d do with it-

    Each to their own, I hear you pray…

    j

    mort
    Participant

    Thanks for all the feedback.

    earthairfire – God blees your eyesight! That is me and a window reflected in his eyes, unfortunately.

    jb7, thanks for the edit. I’m not a big fan of the high key look but you’ve made me think about brightening it up a bit.

    Much appreciated all.

    Thorsten
    Member

    Cool shot. Very interesting perspective.

    John
    Participant

    Love this one Mort, as a dad I wish I would have thought of taking one like this. Wouldn’t look the same on a older child. Very soft warm feel to it and the eyes are very expressive. Fair play M8 I for feel you nailed this one.

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