4 for C&C please

dustin0479 · Oct 24, 2010

So I took my son to the park today and decided to try and use what I have learned from here and "Understanding Exposure". Let me know your thoughts.
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tirediron · Oct 24, 2010

Thoughts per req:

1. This is a situation where, if you needed to pose him in the tree's shadow (I would recommend a different location) you should have used spot metering. The subject is at least a full stop under-exposed. Additionally the posed and expression are rather awkward. Also, consider your backgrounds; you've made good use of selective focus, but there's so many different colours, textures and brightness levels that it's very distracting.

2. Nice! I think this is well done. I like the exposure here, I suspect it may show as about 1/3 - 1/2 stop under, but no matter, it works well IMO. The only issue is that the face seems slightly soft, but I think that is a compression issue from your hosting 'site.

3. Nice interplay of light and and shadow on the face; it works very well, but again an awkward pose and the position of the hands really doesn't work.

4. A nice 'happy child playing shot'. Good exposure here - it just needs to be leveled.

Just my $00.02 worth - your mileage may vary.

~John

dustin0479 · Oct 24, 2010

I tried to crop it but in doing so I would lose the tip of his foot. Thoughts?

tirediron · Oct 24, 2010

dustin0479 said:
I tried to crop it but in doing so I would lose the tip of his foot. Thoughts?

Just remember next time to make sure your camera is aligned correctly.

dustin0479 · Oct 24, 2010

tirediron said:
dustin0479 said:

I tried to crop it but in doing so I would lose the tip of his foot. Thoughts?

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Just remember next time to make sure your camera is aligned correctly.

Definitely! There are alot of things to remember, and after running through all the settings i was more worried about his fascial expressions and did not notice the alignment.

Here is the image aligned. I actually do not think it is too bad cropped but i would have loved to get the whole foot.