Magical Little Fingers

[kuul13]

Hi

Again this is my little angel's little fingers.. was trying DoF, I am planning to get this picture enlarged.. please let me know what do you think about this and if I need to change anything in this light, compostion or click a new one..

EXIF Info:
Camera: Nikon D80
Flash: Used
Exposure Time: 1/50
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400

Let me know if more information is needed?

[AnnaJo]

I'm just a newbie. But I'm thinking maybe a tighter crop?

I think the DOF is good but as I mentioned before ..I'm a newbie!!

It's a nice photo. Cool idea!

[kuul13]

Anna, Thanks for the comments.. I am no sure if i understood the tighter crop? I don't think i have a scope to crop the picture further.. but let me check if can do any crop.. i am glad that you liked the picture..

[ravidatta]

I am also a new member but I feel the focus should have been on the face of the baby rather than on the fingers.

[kgb224]

Perfect capture.The blurred background of the face and body compliment the in focus fingers of the baby perfectly.

[thepinkfog]

I agree with Anna Jo- maybe a crop after the fingers on the right side? I love how out of focus the baby is! However, i would kinda prefer for the fingers themselves to be sharper since they are the focal point of the picture. Maybe you could accomplish this with a quicker shutter speed? Nice work!

[naeno]

Cute picture. Baby fingers are so tiny and amazing!

I would make the following suggestion (please let me know if you'd like it removed):



Done in GIMP:

1. Crop to ensure that the little fingers are adhering to the rule of thirds.
2. The photo is a bit underexposed, so I bumped up the brightness and contrast
3. Add a duplicate layer. Apply a gaussian blur to the new layer. Add a black layer mask to the layer and paint over the couch with white to throw the couch out of focus
4. Flatten.

I tried to sharpen the fingers up, but actually liked the softer look without the sharpening. Try it and see what you think.

[kuul13]

Thank you guys for your appreciations! Now I understand what Anna was recommending! I guess you have all the scope to do whatever you want with the picture .

@naeno, I loved the way you have given a new dimension to this picture.. I like the picture this way.. great learning experience! I will try myself what you recommended using PS. Hope I will be able to do that since I know little about PS. Thanks a lot!

[naeno]

Originally Posted by kuul13

Thank you guys for your appreciations! Now I understand what Anna was recommending! I guess you have all the scope to do whatever you want with the picture .

@naeno, I loved the way you have given a new dimension to this picture.. I like the picture this way.. great learning experience! I will try myself what you recommended using PS. Hope I will be able to do that since I know little about PS. Thanks a lot!

Feel free to ask if you have any questions! Please don't hesitate. I did my changes using GIMP, but the instructions for PS should be about the same.

[kuul13]

Done in GIMP:

1. Crop to ensure that the little fingers are adhering to the rule of thirds.
2. The photo is a bit underexposed, so I bumped up the brightness and contrast
3. Add a duplicate layer. Apply a gaussian blur to the new layer. Add a black layer mask to the layer and paint over the couch with white to throw the couch out of focus
4. Flatten.

Naeno.. I tried the steps mentioned by you in PS but unfortunately I was not able to get the exact same effect.. I cropped the picture and then added a duplciate layer and the gaussian blur (hit once but also tried with multiple instances of gaussian blur). The hand was quite blurry not very sharp. So I applied gaussian blur only one or two times. And then added a black layer mask but didn't see any changes when i painted the couch with white. I am attaching the corrected image.. Please advice.