Christmas lights taped to a black sheet. 3 tealights for front lighting. Laine was quite sedate because she was holding still enough for a 1/13th shutter.
Almost Straight out of the Camera.
Slight tweaks in RAW
NI (it was ISO 1600)
Crop
Saturation +10
USM
BAM!
She's growing up...
I was keenly aware that portraits didn't seem to fly in the last Bokeh contest. In fact, there were hardly any. I took that as a challenge. :) I'm please to see this was the highest portrait finish...
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Of all my favorites, this is still to this day my top favorite photo on this website. I can only hope that when my boys get older, I will have photos of them that are half this good. Beautiful. =)
I think this is under rated..there are some beautiful shots above you, but this deserved to place higher ...
my 2 cents...u know I dont say that about All your shots ;)
But this one...it is deserving at least top ten...
The lighting is really low, and she is discolored. Having said that I have this ranked in my top 3. For me the lighting doesn't take away, but moreso adds to the photo. Having such a clear, crisp shot helps me feel that way. GL.
I think it's a nice portrait, but in my view the bokeh is not the best element here, nor does it support the composition particularly well. Judging just the portrait, I would say the bokeh detracts. 6
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