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A couple of recent portraits of my daughter. C & C appreciated.

the 2nd one is lovely and natural, although the knee is slightly distracting
the contrast works well

The 2nd image is masterful, beautiful and engaging - I agree with wendell though in that a slight crop out of her knee would make this perfect. Well done Geoff!! MAGIC!!

Thanks Wendell & Geoff for your crituque. I will try a crop as suggested for #2 this evening and repost.

Geoff

Hi Geoff,

I prefer number 2 compositionally and also treatment wise, it just has more impact with the high contrast and eye contact. I like the first one as it has a dream like quality, what PP steps did you take to acheive this ? She kind of looks cold or maybe excited by her posture.

Craig

Thanks for the comments.

All my PP is done in Rawshooter, for pic #1 the following steps were made to acheive this effect.

Reduce colour temperature to arond 2200k, desaturate 100%, add a little fill light, increase both the shadow and highlight contrast and then added some noise.

I think the posture is more like 'come on dad get on with it, Im bored now'

Geoff

Here is another crop as suggested, any improvement?

Terrific Geoff.

I'd like to see a touch more detail from the shadows on her chin but it's a lovely capture. Well done.

Love the last one -I think it's great. Well done.

Geof f- that's exactly what I'm talking about - nice work!!!!

Lovely 2nd one and last one is superb!!

Now order a print or print this out yourself, its definately worth to frame and hang it! A MUST PLACE for workplace's desktop.

#2 cropped is a great, natural image Geoff
cheers
marco

Thankyou all for the 'seal of approval'

Geoff