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Jim Rickards wrote:
"...so let me have it! Please?"
Nice job.
You've made good use of the colours of sunset in this shot. It makes a great background. Composition is good too. My personal taste is too have less space above Mom's head, but others will think differently.
Mom's partially hidden face is a slight negative. Maybe you have other shots where she's looking at the camera. The girl's legs seem to be some shade of purple, while her face looks natural in colour.
I do have other shots with mom looking up but, unfortunately, the little girl had had a long day at the farm and this was the only shot where she wasn't staring blankly at the camera. I can't say that I blame her, as this shoot wasn't exactly planned. Thank you so much for your kind words.
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dmacmillan wrote:
The girl has a really nice expression. I would have liked to see mom looking at the camera without hair in front of her face. I'd also like to see her sitting up straight.
I don't know how you post process, but if you have PS or LR, hover over the girl's sock. Look at the reading you get. Blue will predominate. If you have a WB eyedropper tool, you can use the white socks as a neutral color and click on them. I may not be perfect, but it will get you in the ballpark. I hope you shot RAW, you'll get a better correction on the RAW file, IMO.
I'm guessing this was taken on a brilliant day with lots of blue sky. That blue sky is the primary source of illumination of your subject.
The good news is that the photo can be improved in PP. I might even mask the background when correcting the subject color to keep it from going too warm. I do love the background, the colors and sun flare are lovely and the bokeh is very nice....Show more →
Thank you so much for the advice. I totally agree with you about the posture and hair. Unbelievably, I didn't even realize the girl's lower legs were purple. I actually almost cropped out the straw bale but decided it was an important environmental prop. We were at a farm after all. Thankfully I did shoot in raw.
Thank you both so much for taking the time to reply.
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