My Niece

Here's my niece daydreaming over her pancake breakfast.
I'll delete this in a few days but since I'm really happy with it I still wanted to show.



Full resolution

K-5 with DA35 or DA40 (not sure as the exif is gone and I'm not on my PC with the original file)
A touch of lightroom and Silver Efex Pro

Hope you like it

It is a nice expression on her face, not bad a shot. If you were to critique it then the background would spoil it because it is slightly cluttered.

Thanks, I thought she was really cute

Yeah, the distracting background, I got rid of a nasty shadow on that wall but there's only so much I can do. Maybe I could clone out the laundry basket and change it into an extra super wide sofa

If only everyone lived in a photo studio

Cuteness without a doubt, it is difficult in home situations but you have done very well, the depth of field is spot on with the background nicely blurred.

For the lolz





Edges aren't perfect but it gives an idea.
I find the 2nd one too empty.

you might do well to get rid of all that empty space above her head,too.

You mean crop it ?



Hmm you're right it does help
Thanks for your input

I'd go even further

You have lost a little detail from the face while dealing with the background - and somehow she is not quite the same - look at the skin tones on her right cheek again.

Not a clue how I could correct that . Perhaps start from the Master and crop as Ken suggested ?

Yeah that's due to a Silver Efex reprocess.
I haven't handled it the same way. I wish this program had a "last settings used" like photomatix does. Think I'm gonna have to save presets for every project.

Anyway, starting the edit from scratch now, trying to have a better separation from the background.
Will post the result here once I'm done

Ok,

I think I'll settle with this


High resolution

I've been staring at this picture for too long now I can't see the differences anymore

By the way, I wasn't sure earlier what this was taken with.
K-5 + DA 35mm f/2.4 at 2.4, 1/90s, ISO400

Serenely gorgeous!

Fabulous - she really is in a wee dwam savouring that pancake .

Just look at those eyes

Thank you all for the kind words

Sorry for the constant edits
I decided the skin smoothing was unnecessary


high resolution

Is imageshack suddenly painfully slow for you too?

I really like the constant inprovement shown - it should serve as a reminder to us all that most photo's can be improved with a little thought and help/ advice from others

Sooooooooooo cute - reminds me I need to make more effort to go and see my two nieces