I was not going to enter this challenge as I have little experience in portraiture, no models and had little time this week to practice. But while at a wedding reception I caught this candid of a little guy being shy for the camera and thought he was cute.
RSE to convert set at 10 for fill light, -70 shadow contrast, 45 hihglight contrst; ran through Noise Ninja on auto; MS DIP to crop, clone out stray hair and small portion of mother's shoulder, boost midrange, apply diffuse glow with some tweaking; PSE 3 to resize and save for web.
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Having read your comments and those of the voters, I think all points have been made here. You know where the images weak points are. I would only add that I wish his eyes were open. I also saw the original image in your portfolio and like the contrast in it better than this one, but would prefer it in B/W.
Your images are lovely, I look forward to seeing more.
Yup – this was intentional. Figured there would be plenty of nice sharp very colorful images in this challenge so decided to try something different. Took a perfectly good colorful candid image but failed to get the sweet angelic effect I was going for right (my lowest score ever). Sure learned quite a bit from your comments though. Thanks to all.
I'm not sure if you were trying for a high-key shot or else just a lack of contrast. There is a distinct lack of black in the image and I think that may have helped rescue it from an overall washed-out look. It also looks a little soft. If this wasnt a candid shot then using a light-colored shirt probably would have worked better. His facial expression is quite cute and that helps convey a sense of personality in the image.
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