Kids at the park.

[Stoneface]

Here's a shot I did of the kids of a friend of mine at the park.

I'd like critiques on the composition, contrast and colors/hues, please.



God bless,

Rowdy


Rebel xsi
f/6.3
1/200 Sec.
ISO/100
55mm

[sma200]

Has there been any post editing? The saturation looks off. Grass looks too green, almost yellowish green. There is also quite a bit of oranges in the hair. Something about the photo looks as if the kids were cut out of a different photo and placed on this background.

[SusanH1970]

Cute kids! The post processing is definitely over the top, though. I'm seeing magenta, yellow, green and orange in their skin, and as the previous poster mentioned there's an odd orange glow in some of the hair. It looks like perhaps the background was masked back in around them? There's definitely some haloing going on around the kids, also mentioned by the previous poster.

Can you post a SOOC? TIA.

[Stoneface]

Thanks for the critiques, they're greatly appreciated.

What's an SOOC?



God bless,

Rowdy

[SusanH1970]

Originally Posted by Stoneface

Thanks for the critiques, they're greatly appreciated.

What's an SOOC?



God bless,

Rowdy

SOOC = Straight Out Of Camera

[untitled99]

i agree that we should see the original. it's a very cute picture but the halo is very distracting. and the kids do seem way to purple-ish.

[OkNewbie]

Cute kids. The saturation in pp is too much. I think a different crop would add to the photo -- less centered. The kids are almost stair-stepped -- maybe crop tighter from left side and let them stair-step down.