I was wandering around the park where I eat lunch a lot, looking for a "family" shot. I was thinking stereotype -- like families having picnics and such. Absent mindedly, I looked up and saw this family and in one split second picked up my camera and got this one candid shot. Then, I watched them for a while and feel certain that they were young grandparents. They are a little older than typical parents of kids that age, and they had that "psycho-in-love" devotion to that little girl. I just love this photo. I hope y'all do too, but. . .who knows. . .I've certainly been wrong before.
Editing: I selected the people, created a separate layer, and put a sepia tone on them. Ran a Neat Image and USM on that layer. Then went to the background and saturated the colors and sharpened. Oh, and there was a little distracting greenery and the shadow of a person in the right side of the arch which I cloned out.
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What a bizarre, and yet beautiful, set of tones! I really like this; it's one of my favorites. The pose is very nice, and the background is interesting, but it's the colors that star in this image, for me at least. I love that the bit that pulls you in the most is the little girl - she's adorable!
i think you're going to get a polarized reaction to this image. i don't like it, it's too yellow for me and the family looks like they were superimposed on the background. speaking of the background, the colors on the rocks are overpowering. sorry, i just don't feel it. re: the family, beautiful capture of the child...in fact, i think you should have cropped out everything but the child and the parents' hands.
I like the image, well done. Try this. Crop to expose just the little one and the hands of both adults. Not quite sure on this, but I think it will really look nice. If I was at home I would have tried this to see how it looked prior to me making this statement.
The DOF is amazing!!! Love the muted tones too - and the crop right at the ground so that their feet are walking the border is a very nice touch. Lighting also superb. 10
I really like this idea. I am not an expert but something seems odd about the photo. I see a glowing ring around the subjects that just seems odd to me.
What a fun take on the challenge. I like the filtration and the lighting on this alot. It's great to see a "people shot" without having to their faces! It's just as effective, just seeing their posture and movement. Nice natural composition.
I like the candid look of this picture. Very nice job of creating a selective sepia against the natural color of the bricks. Very clean shot! This should score well. 10
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