my daughter

[kaylakay]

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opinions, advice, tips anything welcome....im very new at this. and looking to learn everything i possibly can.

[moriahleigh]

I love her blue eyes and like that she is looking outside of your photograph. It makes it interesting and makes me wonder what she is looking at

I would say that the background is a bit distracting to me. I like a blurred background (which would be nearly impossible since she is laying on the ground). I would either have her off the ground, or with just the green grass and not the blanket.

She is beautiful

[kcoppock]

Very pretty eyes, nice photo.

What bothers me about it really is just the color balance. If you're shooting RAW, you can just adjust the White Balance to correct for it, otherwise just add a Color Balance layer in Photoshop and play around with the sliders (add some reds and yellows to the shadows and midtones) and you'll get a much more pleasing result. I've added a quick edit as an example (if you'd like me to remove it, just say so )

[kaylakay]

Originally Posted by moriahleigh

I love her blue eyes and like that she is looking outside of your photograph. It makes it interesting and makes me wonder what she is looking at

I would say that the background is a bit distracting to me. I like a blurred background (which would be nearly impossible since she is laying on the ground). I would either have her off the ground, or with just the green grass and not the blanket.

She is beautiful

thank you. and it was just a spur of the moment shot, so i couldnt pose her somewhere. but thank you.

[JFSanders]

The eyes are sharp and the colors are good. I like the composition so that is good for me. As for blurring the background yes it can be done if you know about DOF and how to manipulate it through your f/stop settings and with focal length. You could do it in post but it would take time. Nice start to an addictive habit. You know she will eventually begin to hide from you when you take out the camera right?

Jim

[kaylakay]

Originally Posted by moriahleigh

I love her blue eyes and like that she is looking outside of your photograph. It makes it interesting and makes me wonder what she is looking at

I would say that the background is a bit distracting to me. I like a blurred background (which would be nearly impossible since she is laying on the ground). I would either have her off the ground, or with just the green grass and not the blanket.

She is beautiful

thank you.

[kaylakay]

Originally Posted by kcoppock

Very pretty eyes, nice photo.

What bothers me about it really is just the color balance. If you're shooting RAW, you can just adjust the White Balance to correct for it, otherwise just add a Color Balance layer in Photoshop and play around with the sliders (add some reds and yellows to the shadows and midtones) and you'll get a much more pleasing result. I've added a quick edit as an example (if you'd like me to remove it, just say so )

no its ok. and thank you. your edit seems much...... warmer. oh and i dont know anything about photoshop. i use paint.net and photoscape.

[kaylakay]

Originally Posted by JFSanders

The eyes are sharp and the colors are good. I like the composition so that is good for me. As for blurring the background yes it can be done if you know about DOF and how to manipulate it through your f/stop settings and with focal length. You could do it in post but it would take time. Nice start to an addictive habit. You know she will eventually begin to hide from you when you take out the camera right?

Jim

i dont know about any of that, im very new at trying photography for more than just to snap a shot just to have it. and thank you very much, and she already hides, as soon as she sees it she takes off hahaha.

[kcoppock]

Originally Posted by kaylakay

no its ok. and thank you. your edit seems much...... warmer. oh and i dont know anything about photoshop. i use paint.net and photoscape.

Oh okay. Unfortunately I can't offer any direct advice on either of those; I have no experience with either of them, but I would assume they should have a color balance adjustment of some sort.

[kaylakay]

Originally Posted by kcoppock

Oh okay. Unfortunately I can't offer any direct advice on either of those; I have no experience with either of them, but I would assume they should have a color balance adjustment of some sort.

i believe they do but im still learning how to do all that.