Nice - and thanks for the critique. Lights were natural light thru windows on front, left and right. I love the modification you made!! Thanks for the input.
Front, right & left. My mind was telling me that, but I didn't really think that all three simultaneously was probable ... which left me scratching my head a bit. WB is tough enough with consistent lighting color. Two different colors makes it tricky, but three gets kinda convoluted.
Any chance you recall which window was facing North (South, East or West)?
I'll hazard a guess that with the southern exposure and the sun low in the winter sky, the middle window is North. That puts the other two windows @ East/West and the time of day for the shot not too far on either side of midday ... likely incorrect, but wth no guts, no glory.
Okay, so if camera left was north, is that then the largest catchlight (i.e. most cyanic) in her right eye. I was assuming the largest catchlight to be the middle window, thinking that her position didn't reflect the left window, but only the middle & right.
Looking at it more closely, is that a third catchlight at the edge of her iris/sclera that would be the right window then ... still making the cyanic catchlight the northlight? It also looks to be the largest window. Do you recall relative distances from the three windows, i.e. which one was closest/farthest?
It's fairy important to catch the attention of the little one. One way is to purse your lips and make a loud squeaky "kissing" noise by sucking in air. It usually grabs their attention long enough to catch a candid with the little look at the camera.
Her right side window is pretty far approx 16 ft away - the front of her the window was maybe 7 feet from her in front. The baby side - the window was most likely 14 feet away from the baby but most light on the baby was coming from a high window about 10 feet up on the wall. Its a big dinning room she was standing in and with an open kitchen to the left of her with a bunch of windows there as well. Its a really big open area and with a lot of windows and sky lights.
AuntiPode wrote:
It's fairy important to catch the attention of the little one. One way is to purse your lips and make a loud squeaky "kissing" noise by sucking in air. It usually grabs their attention long enough to catch a candid with the little look at the camera.
I really only pulled back the saturation in the cyan to help with the cast after tweaking on WB trying to deal with it, then pulled back some yellow (hair) as well. For me, the issue is figuring out any offending cast first. Imo, an image can tolerate some heavier sat if it doesn't have a cast (i.e. neutral), or it can be dialed back when it isn't trying to fight its way through a cast.
Either way, I'm always on guard for the need to minimize cast issues first. Then, you can S&P to taste, style & preferences with greater flexibility and range.
