Coon Hat Boy

[StuffNThings]

Here is a shot of my 8-year-old son. I would love to have your thoughts especially on focus and color. Thank you!

EXIF Data:

Camera: Nikon D70
ISO: 250
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

[SusanH1970]

Focus looks good, but he looks a tad cool. Cute kid!

[sdstone00]

I want to start with what a great shot this is. I love the overall image, expression, composition, and how piercing those eyes are. Great job.

The color looks a little on the cool side. It also appears that his left eye is just a touch soft (most noticeably around the iris of the eye.) This is probably do to the aperture setting at f/2.8 and being so close to the subject. At that distance, you only have an inch (if that) with the f-stop setting you shot with that will be in focus. If you bring your aperture up to f/5.6, you get about an inch and a half of focus. This should be enough to only have both eyes in focus and not much else (this assumes you are about 2-3 feet from your son.)

[StuffNThings]

Thank you so much for your help! I was thinking maybe it was a bit cool - I guess I really am suffering from the winter blues! Sorry, that was a really bad joke. I will go back a warm it up a tad.

I really wish I could shoot with a smaller aperture, but I just don't have enough light. The shutter speed is then too slow for kids (at least for my wiggle worms) - even with a tripod and remote. I have no budget right now for a flash or lights, so I'm just stuck with what I have for now. I'm so looking forward to warm weather again!