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Archive 2008 · My first shot with D300 & 50 1.8

  
 
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 11:07 AM
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p.1 #2 · 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 12:53 PM
Kingdon Hawes
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p.1 #3 · 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 .
Kingdon Hawes



Jul 11, 2008 at 01:42 PM
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p.1 #4 · 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 02:16 PM
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p.1 #5 · 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 03:15 PM
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p.1 #6 · My first shot with D300 & 50 1.8


I prefer this version Scott


Jul 12, 2008 at 12:38 AM
Kingdon Hawes
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p.1 #7 · My first shot with D300 & 50 1.8


Scott,
I really like what you did.

Kingdon



Jul 12, 2008 at 09:18 AM





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