3 little party animals

[chris2471]

These girls were at my daughters 8th grade graduation party, and they were really interested in my camera. They kept asking to see themselves in the screen. I told them I had to take their picture in order for them to see it. So they plopped down in a row, and this is what I got. I absolutely love this picture. I would like to know if the composition is ok, and if you think any post processing would make it better. All I did was up the contrast slightly, used a warming filter, and cropped and sharpened. It was taken in natural light, with no reflector or fill flash.



Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

[laurie millar]

Personally, I don't know if I would have sharpened or used the warming filter but it is a cute picture. What really matters is that you love it, so I wouldn't try to pick it apart much.

[Kate Howells]

Lovely photo of the three of them. I just love the way children are so natural.
Composition wise, I would have prefered to see more of the legs in the foreground, otherwise I do like the pano crop.
Not crazy about the warming filter as it is, but then I have not seen the original.
The cheeks and forehead of two of the little girls are very hot. I am assuming this is because of the increased contrast. The one way to fix that is by creating a layer, play with your contrast until you are happy, and then just erase over the areas that appear hot, this will recover some of the detail for you. This will only work if they are not hot in the background layer.
Great pic, well captured!!!

[ovechcka]

The chairs in the right corner are distracting me a bit. And I would have used more light, perhaps in photoshop? But over all, it's very cute, especially the girl on the right

[chris2471]

Thanks all for your comments.I'm still not very good with the workings of photoshop, but as I get better I'll take those suggestions and try to tinker with it. Here is the SOOC image:

[Pitrih]

i hope you don't mind me playing with your cute photo

i wanted to show you how i would process it (more natural colors, just upped the contrast with curves, erased the tables)

[Lindsie Nicole]

personally, i think your edit is fine. maybe would have worked out better if you got their legs in the shot but you can't go back and do that now. I think the warming filter effect worked well on this photo

[chris2471]

Originally Posted by Pitrih

i hope you don't mind me playing with your cute photo

i wanted to show you how i would process it (more natural colors, just upped the contrast with curves, erased the tables)

I don't mind at all. I'm really not that good at post processing yet. Thanks for your input!

[chris2471]

Originally Posted by Lindsie Nicole

personally, i think your edit is fine. maybe would have worked out better if you got their legs in the shot but you can't go back and do that now. I think the warming filter effect worked well on this photo

Thank you. Yeah I didn't realize that I cut their legs off until they went off to play lol