Pretty flower girl (1st wedding on my own)

[Stina3246]

I've been shooting with and AMAZING photographer for about 2 years now as his second and he has been using a lot of my images. This was the first one I've done alone. I need to know what you think about this shot. I know only 1 a day so I may add a few over the next few days but this ws my favorite.
She was the flower girl.



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Nikon D50
Focal length 200
Shutter Speed 1/60
F8

The lighting was very dim so I had my ISO bumped up the ISO to 1600 which I think was too much. I wish I'd gone with about 400 but live and leard. I also had to remove cheese from Mac and Cheese from around her face. Personally I shot about 500 and used about 120 plus some of the ones my husband shot.
ANY constructive critiques to help me improve welcome.

[MrJones]

well the thing that bothers me the most is the fact that her hands are cut off. that kills it.
other than that, it's still a little underexposed.
sorry if I'm harsh...

[Stina3246]

Originally Posted by MrJones

well the thing that bothers me the most is the fact that her hands are cut off. that kills it.
other than that, it's still a little underexposed.
sorry if I'm harsh...

Nope, not harsh. I wanted an honest critique so thanks. I can always lighten it just a tad in post but nothing I can do about the hands now. Is there another way I can crop so missing hands won't be an issue?

[MrJones]

you can always crop it tight like this, but it's just too grainy.

[Stina3246]

Originally Posted by MrJones

you can always crop it tight like this, but it's just too grainy.

That would have been pretty. I kick myself for using 1600 ISO!!

[candleman]

why f/8 ??
go as wide as you can without loosing sharpness, and that wil keep your ISO down too.


1. she could be smiling or showing some sort of emotion. (its a wedding after all.. its supposed to be a happy event)...
2. you should have included the flowers/basket

200mm @ 1/60th?? seems like you pulled that off... i wouldnt be so brave.
at 200 mm you need 1/200th to eliminate handshake blur.

[Stina3246]

Originally Posted by candleman

why f/8 ??
go as wide as you can without loosing sharpness, and that wil keep your ISO down too.


1. she could be smiling or showing some sort of emotion. (its a wedding after all.. its supposed to be a happy event)...
2. you should have included the flowers/basket

200mm @ 1/60th?? seems like you pulled that off... i wouldnt be so brave.
at 200 mm you need 1/200th to eliminate handshake blur.

Actually she did not smile the entire time, cried most of it and had a passifier stuck in her mouth the rest of the time. She refused to hold the basket even walking down the isle. Don't remember why I was on F8 at the time....this was actually at the reception and just a random lucky shot.