Ok.. Got my camera a couple of days ago and got my 85mm lens in today... this is the first shot I've taken and it turned out fair I guess.. your thoughts? very minimal photoshop - just mainly resizing. This is my baby girl :) she turned 1 yesterday.
I like the hi-key look on the shot and as Deb stated it's a cute capture of a pretty little girl, beautiful eyes and lovely hair;-). I feel, as a matter of preference, that taking the color out or partially in the background would give you even more emphasis on your little girl.
Yes very cute, and I love the eyes. The finger in the mouth is classic, and she looks like she woke up from a long night of teething! ;) Melethia is just happy to see a lovely creature that is not a pigeon!
I'm not a technical wizard, but I'll give you my two bits. Did you use a flash or is the light coming from a window? Did you shoot in RAW, you can bring down the highlights to improve her skin. I think PGerst is referring to the pink cast on the skin that is not blown out. I'm sure this will look good in black and white along with a crop that moves her away from the center of the photograph.
Congrats on the new gear. The 85mm prime is a great lens, I love it.
Your baby girl is too cute for words! Looks like the flash fired [or it was a sunny day]. They're so fast at that age, never still, big photo-challenge but lots of motivation for a daddy, your reflexes will soo be even more sharp. Please take about a million more!
Your baby girl is too cute for words! Looks like the flash fired [or it was a sunny day]. They're so fast at that age, never still, big photo-challenge but lots of motivation for a daddy, your reflexes will soo be even more sharp. Please take about a million more!
No flash on that one, or the stuff in the near BG would be illuminated flatly, and it isn't. Just overexposure of the skin tones, is what it is. Great shot otherwise, wonderful expression.
I think it's wonderful!!! You're really making me want the 85mm now. I've got a baby on the way any day now and was SO delighted to receive a 50mm f1.4 to replace the 50mm f1.7 that I dropped off my dining room table a few months ago. Really wanted a fast prime for baby picture taking! But that 85mm just steals the breath away, as does your darling little girl :-)
So for future reference - how do i prevent the overexposure??
I posted my settings a few posts up... and it was just light coming in from the window...
Well, you have choices. I would just turn the ISO down to about 200 but you could also boost the shutter speed up or close down your aperture to about f5 or so.
Ok.. Got my camera a couple of days ago and got my 85mm lens in today... this is the first shot I've taken and it turned out fair I guess.. your thoughts? very minimal photoshop - just mainly resizing. This is my baby girl :) she turned 1 yesterday.
seems like the exposure is off, unless it was intentional.
the face lacks details, but again this works if you're going for the high key stuff.
cute baby i'd like to add.
So for future reference - how do i prevent the overexposure??
I posted my settings a few posts up... and it was just light coming in from the window...
If your camera was in any one of the auto exposure modes (auto/aperture/shutter) i.e. pretty much everything not full manual, it looks like it's exposing for the full frame rather than for your subject. Check your settings, you'll probably find one something like 'centre weighted average', which will expose more for your subject (the centre of the focal area plus some surrounding area) rather than the whole frame.
Sorry for sounding a little vague on the settings, I don't know what they are all called or where they are on Canon's :)
So for future reference - how do i prevent the overexposure??
I posted my settings a few posts up... and it was just light coming in from the window...
If your camera was in any one of the auto exposure modes (auto/aperture/shutter) i.e. pretty much everything not full manual, it looks like it's exposing for the full frame rather than for your subject. Check your settings, you'll probably find one something like 'centre weighted average', which will expose more for your subject (the centre of the focal area plus some surrounding area) rather than the whole frame.
Sorry for sounding a little vague on the settings, I don't know what they are all called or where they are on Canon's :)
LOLOL!! Oops! I assumed he was shooting in Manual!
You are right on the money. It is in the exposure/metering menu. One of the little buttons on the right around your menu button on the back. Should have a symbol that looks like this: [0] only sideways.
The other option here is to use your histogram to see if the image is over exposed. If it is you can compensate to bring it back into proper exposure. My XTi chronically under exposes and since this is a new camera it is possible you have the opposite problem.
Yes, its what I am referring to. 16 % of the pixels are between levels 250 - 255, and 9 % between levels 254 - 255. I refer to that as being blown out.
Originally posted by bspurgeon:
. I think PGerst is referring to the pink cast on the skin that is not blown out.
