Hello

[jacqueline658]

Hi my name is Jacqueline. It is my first time posting pictures. I am learning to take photos and would love some feedback. Thanks

[Drax]

Hi, jacqueline658!

Welcome in da house. I sincerely liked your photo. The color composition, the pose of the subject, the ambient light, the combination of shadow and light, and the soft focus. All of these add to the charm of the shot.

Just one thing: NOISE, despite a low ISO. Was that a willful effect? If not, Try to see if you can eliminate some of it in a post-procession software.

I also like the B&W version posted in Flickr.

[clockdoc]

Hi and welcome to the group. What an excellent choice for your first posting. I, too, looked at the monochrome version on flickr and prefer it over the color version. Can you share a little more about how you took the shot such as camera/lens, aperture, shutter speed, ISO and any other post processing details. Having that info always helps us to provide more meaningful critiques. Again, welcome to the group!

[FotoMike]

Welcome to DPS! i dont have much portrait experience, so let me just leave it at this; Great Shot! i really like it, the light is amazing.

[sgrbear724]

welcome to the group-beautiful shot..love the look on the subjects face. He is super cute!

[jpendley77]

Welcome. I am new too and really cannot critique that much, but I really like this. Amazing lighting, and IMO i like the little bit of noise for this shot.

[invu69]

Hi!

I think I agree with them that a B&W shot is awesome with this pic. Too bad I dont get to see it since Flickr is blocked here . But anyway, I think this shot is sweet.

[subrataofkris]

Originally Posted by clockdoc

Hi and welcome to the group. What an excellent choice for your first posting. I, too, looked at the monochrome version on flickr and prefer it over the color version. Can you share a little more about how you took the shot such as camera/lens, aperture, shutter speed, ISO and any other post processing details. Having that info always helps us to provide more meaningful critiques. Again, welcome to the group!

Hi clockdoc,
I got the EXIF from her Flickr posting
Camera: Canon PowerShot G7
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 7.4 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
Software: Picasa 3.0

I think the extreme large aperture has made the soft focus look, it looks like a pastel work. The light and shade looks beautiful, but the bluring on top and bottom I guess was done in Picasa (just a guess). I could not figure out the grains as the ISO is a very modest 100. Was it due to digital zooming?

[aadam_21]

If you scroll down a bit further in the properties of this photo, the ISO is listed at 100. I was wondering if this is straight out of the camera, or if the noise was added later. I don't think I've ever seen a pic shot at ISO 100 with this amount of noise.

That being said, I really like the soft light and the composition of this photo. My only suggestion (other than reducing noise) would be to concentrate on focusing on the eyes. It might just be the level of noise making them look out of focus, but in portraits, I typically prefer the eyes to be in sharp focus.