Down at the beach!

[emmylou]

Hi, I took this photo of my neice in the easter holidays. She hates having her photo taken and turns away as soon as she sees me, but she likes this photo! yey!!! just wondered what your thoughtd were. It looks a bit soft to me, but not sure if that helps with the wild look!
Look forward to hearing your comments x
also forgoton my password for flickr so waiting for them to get back to me, I folowed the instructions for posting the image, I hope I did it right, I cant get the exif data on though so for your info it was taken with sony a200, f stop 4.5 iso 200 1/640th second @300mm.

[kevingeary]

What camera mode were you in? The subject is underexposed at least a stop, maybe two. Next time ask her to brush her hair back behind her ear on camera side. The background is beautiful, it's just a shame that the subject is not brighter.

And what ratio did you crop it? Or did you just use a random crop?

[emmylou]

Hi I was practicing in fully manual but thinking maybe I should stick to aperture/shutter priority for kids! Could I lighten her up a bit? I have cs5extended, but not a clue how to use it! I used a custom crop because it was part of a series with one long one on top and 3 underneath.

[kevingeary]

Originally Posted by emmylou

Hi I was practicing in fully manual but thinking maybe I should stick to aperture/shutter priority for kids! Could I lighten her up a bit? I have cs5extended, but not a clue how to use it! I used a custom crop because it was part of a series with one long one on top and 3 underneath.

Manual is fine.

Just expose for the subject instead of trying to achieve a good all around exposure.

[Bruce A]

To me this looks like a lovely soft focus shot and I like the crop. The subject may be underexposed a little, but I think that works to your advantage in this shot. Very nice!

[dave.turley]

Hi,
I agree with Bruce. I think the slight under-exposure 'creates' rather than detracts. Really nice!
Dave

[emmylou]

Hi thanks for your comments, I appreciate the tips, I took a whole set on the day and will be posting them all on flickr soon (when i get a min) I will try and put the link on here when i do so you could take a look at them all. cheers x

[xxrayna]

I agree with the above posters. This photo is nicely underexposed. I do wish there was a bit more color, maybe in the background. I also like how her hair falls and nicely frames her face. Play around in photo shop a bit, you have something nice to work with here.