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05-JAN-2008 jstrong

Quick Glance

I got quite a few good shots with Amber today.... this challenge made me more aware of my camera settings as no pp is not an option. Overall I like the color... I'll be taking more shots of other subjects but wanted to put a couple of her here. I'm looking forward to processing the RAWs, but the less pp the better :) jano

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 85mm F1.2 L USM (II)
1/200s f/2.5 at 85.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time05-Jan-2008 16:08:01
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 5D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length85 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/2.5
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.67
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge13-Jan-2008 19:34
Thanks everyone for your kind comments. When I do take picys of Amber, she'll look at me this certain way without my pose in mind, and I just have to shoot it. We're having her birthday party today (12 years!) so we're all pretty excited. jano
ctfchallenge11-Jan-2008 17:18
Well I tried to not like the other one since is it PP'd. But your warm filter made her lips have a complimentary match to the rusty colored plants behind her. Your closer crop really made her knit cap and its pattern of holes really stand out too adding extra interest. The closer crop also feels more intimate. So I definitely like the other one a lot.

For me it has a lot to do with interpretation. What were you feeling about your daughter and her look when you took the shot. A warm smile dashing off to some event or a warm glow of love for a daughter. That is the difference of the two photos (although a lot of love in this one too). So in the end it is your choice to tell me what you felt and saw. Neither is incorrect since a camera can't capture everything. A very nice portrait indeed. John
ctfchallenge09-Jan-2008 15:51
Wonderful portrait Jano. I like it as is!! A little softness suits very well to portraits.
-Cat
ctfchallenge08-Jan-2008 04:31
Lovely portrait of your lovely daughter Jano! Both the PP one and this look very nice and her eye really does look sharp here for a non PP image! Good one! :-) CJ
ctfchallenge08-Jan-2008 03:30
I actually slightly prefer this not PP one Jano. Amazing how her left eye is isolated in sharpness without the processing. Great work!
~Brent
ctfchallenge08-Jan-2008 00:08
Nice pic, good skin-color, charming looking girl and she really suits white :) Good contrasts/framing. Her eyes are smiling more here than in the PP version. Attractive.
-k2
Guest 07-Jan-2008 21:47
Again, Very Nice. Like I said in the other portrait, I Love Them. I do like the Processed one better on this shot but both are great.
janewigginsphotography06-Jan-2008 22:13
Thanks all for commenting :) I do have the pp'd version below. It was just a lot of fun to get some really nice photos of her although a cloudy and chilly day.

http://www.pbase.com/jstrong/image/91302537

jano
ctfchallenge06-Jan-2008 19:22
Others have already said what I could have said. Very nice. your daughter /sister? - Debi
ArminB 06-Jan-2008 19:05
lovely
ctfchallenge06-Jan-2008 17:21
Those eyes pop without PP. I like a good portrait. Very nice Jano. I'd like to see it after your enhancements too. -COAmature
ctfchallenge06-Jan-2008 14:54
I like this one!
Penny STreet
ctfchallenge06-Jan-2008 12:31
Nice WB and wow - f2.5 - nice DOF - Kelly
sue anne06-Jan-2008 11:17
Nice one and I like the smile.
Rod 06-Jan-2008 10:59
This is really a good picy Jano, not as static as the first one yet is completely natural looking. I think we put too much importance on sharpness as these slightly soft picys have a great look to them. If we were allowed to PP then some sharpening around the eyes is all this picy needs. Excellent work megirl & an excellent looking modal. Say Gday to Amber for me:-).
Bruce T Jones06-Jan-2008 01:58
Yikes! No PP needed here. Wonderful! -- Bruce
ctfchallenge06-Jan-2008 01:23
Lovely portrait and well centered eye. I once said to Lonnit that the centered eye in painting portraits was "classic" and she poo-pooed that description. But I seem to recall (and haven't recently verified) that many portraitists deliberately centered one eye of their subject deliberately to draw attention to the subject's face of which the eyes are most important. Now I have to do some research to verify my recollection. But I think you are instinctivey following this classic precept (or you are a classicly trained). Nicely done. -tv