newborn

[MrJones]

Hi everyone,
I took some photos of my friend's new baby yesterday and will appreciate your comments regarding this one (and the rest...)



the rest can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.com/ramori/TalBaruch#

50mm
f/1.8
1/125
iso 640
no flash on this one.

a proccessed RAW file.

thanks!

[kgb224]

I like this capture.
Outstanding work.

[SusanH1970]

What a little sweetie.

The photo has a lot of noise, and it appears that the focus fell on the dad's hand. The white balance is off as well. Not sure about the composition - dad's furry chest is a bit distracting.

[MrJones]

Thanks Susan,
I was going after something a bit different while editing this photo.
tried to add a little roughness.. which added a lot of noise
this is the original photo:

[SusanH1970]

I prefer the original, but yeah, the focus fell on dad's index finger. Check out the DOF Calculator - it's tricky getting focus right when shooting wide open. As for white balance, there's way too much magenta - the skin tones are way off.

Very sweet moment, though, and I like the light in baby's eyes.

[MrJones]

I can see what you mean regarding the magenta, I've toned it down and the ear lost it's redness...
regarding the DoF, funny thing... it turns out I had about 2 inches in focus.
guess that's what you get when taking pictures wide open and extremely close
you get the light and lose the baby...
the 50mm f/1.8 is a tough lens to control wide open.

[SusanH1970]

Originally Posted by MrJones

I can see what you mean regarding the magenta, I've toned it down and the ear lost it's redness...
regarding the DoF, funny thing... it turns out I had about 2 inches in focus.
guess that's what you get when taking pictures wide open and extremely close
you get the light and lose the baby...
the 50mm f/1.8 is a tough lens to control wide open.

With practice, you'll find shooting wide open gets easier. I studied the DOF calculator forever before it finally clicked (no pun intended). I'm now addicted to shooting wide open, I'm a bit of a bokeh whore, LOL!

[Tito87]

Nice baby,busy composition.

[lputman]

I actually like the treatment that you did but I do agree the color is wonky.