My first shot with D300 & 50 1.8

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Kingdon Hawes
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p.1 #1 · My first shot with D300 & 50 1.8

Here is one of my first shots with my new D300 and a 50 f1.8.

Jul 11, 2008 at 04:07 PM

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p.1 #2 · My first shot with D300 & 50 1.8

Looks way too blue - is your monitor calibrated? I would imagine this is closer (always difficult when you don't know the subject

) But the whites of the eyes are usually a good guide.

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Edited on Jul 11, 2008 at 05:12 PM

Jul 11, 2008 at 05:11 PM

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p.1 #3 · My first shot with D300 & 50 1.8

Beautiful child.
I agree with Paul; much too blue and Paul's re-work appears more accurate.
I like shallow DOF, but with the arms in the image, find it a bit too shallow.

Jul 11, 2008 at 05:53 PM

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p.1 #4 · My first shot with D300 & 50 1.8

Paul, Thanks for the corrections. I did not do any PP to the pic except convert it to Jpeg. I really need to learn how to do proper PP

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Jul 11, 2008 at 06:42 PM

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p.1 #5 · My first shot with D300 & 50 1.8

Kingdon,
Paul is great at this sort of thing, and can probably give you a more sophisticated answer about white balance.
One quick color balance fix is to add a curves layer, select the white eyedropper tool, click on the whites of the eyes. You may need to experiment with clicking in different areas and may need to adjust the opacity of this layer. Using this alone will make the eyes a bit too white. In an image with true whites, blacks or neutrals, use the white, black or gray eyedropper tool in the same fashion. There are no obvious points to use in your portrait above.

Jul 11, 2008 at 07:16 PM

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p.1 #6 · My first shot with D300 & 50 1.8

I just used the grey eyedropper on the whites of the eyes- then backed off the result as it was too strong.

Jul 11, 2008 at 08:15 PM

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p.1 #7 · My first shot with D300 & 50 1.8

I like the pictures mood and eyes and focus and colors. I don't like the framed through hand. I wonder if you cropped in if it would improve. The following is cropped to avoid framed though joints and put eyes at 2/3.

Jul 12, 2008 at 03:47 AM

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p.1 #8 · My first shot with D300 & 50 1.8

I prefer this version Scott

Jul 12, 2008 at 05:38 AM

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p.1 #9 · My first shot with D300 & 50 1.8

Scott,
I really like what you did.

Kingdon

Jul 12, 2008 at 02:18 PM


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