Blue eyes cutie

[NicolaB]

I am still learning (and struggling) to see colour. How is this one?

TIA

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Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/3.2
Focal Length 85 mm
ISO Speed 1600

[LynnG]

I'm still learning too (but then aren't we all?) but I think this is perfect! I absolutely love it...those eyes and how that gorgeous blonde hair frame his face... Very very nice.

[arry gman]

wow....lovely eyes...great capture and perfect.
do you try to take it in macro?...i bet the result
will be more beautiful....

[SwissJon]

The composition is great..
I love the look on his face. A sort of half smile..
The soft natural (?) light gives his face a wonderful 3 dimensional feel.
I like that he's wearing a light jumper and the soft background is marginally darker than his features..

Why did you shoot at such a high ISO?

If you'd dropped the shutter speed to 1/60 and used a tripod, you'd have got the ISO setting to 400, and corresponding improvement in image quality. If you moved forward a little closer, then you could zoom out a little if you don't have a tripod, but a 1/60th of a second should just be fast enough to hand hold, even at 85mm.

I really like the photo though.. Compositionally, you've got it spot on in my book.

[NicolaB]

Originally Posted by SwissJon

The composition is great..
The soft natural (?) light

Why did you shoot at such a high ISO?

If you'd dropped the shutter speed to 1/60 and used a tripod, .......

I really like the photo though.. Compositionally, you've got it spot on in my book.

Thank you. Yes it was natural window light.

There were 3 little ones under 4 - fast little ones - lol. The light wasn't great in the room - especially as they moved around. Being new - and them fast (!) I didn't change the iso as they moved around. I don't have a tripod.

This image was taken near the window and the little boy was being thrown around by his Daddy. Unfortunately it is a very small crop of the image. It is a shame as I think they would have had this one really big.

My aim was to get very sharp eyes, so I decided to go for the higher iso to compensate for the changing light and movement.

Originally Posted by arry gman

do you try to take it in macro?...i bet the result
will be more beautiful....

I haven't even looked at macro yet. I thought it was for flowers, insects and very small detailed close ups?

Thank you all. Is the colour right on this one then?