I was shooting for the Glasses challenge and decided this one might fit in the Personality challenge. This is my daughter and it definitely captures the playful side of her personality.
Shot with an off-camera flash into a shoot-through umbrella. It was a nice image to start but there were some technical flaws. The focus was razor sharp on the glasses but the shallow DoF made the eyes not quite sharp. I attempted to fix in post processing... way more than I should have... by sharpening the eyes. Hopefully it isn't too noticeable but I definitely learned a lesson about shooting with glasses! The glasses had dust and fingerprints all over them so I had to do some cloning and healing... another good lesson.
Post Processing
Camera Raw - slight white balance adjustment
CS4 - Lots of cloning & healing to remove dust, fingerprints and stray hairs, lots of sharpening on the eyes, add border, save for web
Statistics
Place: 32 out of 112 Avg (all users): 5.9097 Avg (commenters): 7.0000 Avg (participants): 5.5778 Avg (non-participants): 6.0455 Views since voting: 1177 Views during voting: 276 Votes: 155 Comments: 8 Favorites: 0
This is Kari Ann, greetings from the Critique Club:
composition: very good composition. she is placed well in the frame and my eyes go directly to hers.
color: the reds compliment each other very well here, which is a hard feat. Usually the same color on color dosent look good, but the polkadotted shirt really adds to the contrast between the two. great job.
contrast: good contrast, perhaps a little more contrast in her eyes would have made them pop a little more, but thats just me
focus: I agree with you and others, a little less shallow DOF would have put her mouth and eyes in focus, making the image even more fun. But, It dosent bother me that much, honestly.
depth of field: already talked about.
lighting: I think the lighting is well controlled. I dont think its too bright at all, to me it looks perfect.
other: I saw this image during voting and thought, "What a cute shot! Its going to place pretty high" It looks like it got a real nice score in the end, so congrats to that. The only thing I can think of that the voters may have voted you down on was the DOF. But, live and learn. You should be very happy with this adorable shot anyways. Keep up the great work, and If you have any other questions, feel free to Pm me.
-Kari Ann
I like the comp and the crop on this one very much. The red glasses and the red shirt are great together. I think if you had stopped down a little more so that her mouth was in better focus if would have even more impact, since the mouth expression is very much part of the image. To me, the glasses look like the sharpest thing in the image. The eyes look a bit softer. I gave it a 7, possible focus issues notwithstanding. I really like it.
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