A couple for CC

ToadMum · Sep 5, 2010

I know the faces are dirty... neighbor gave my girls ice cream from Sonic... but I'm looking for feedback on my focusing, exposure and white balance.

IMG_5781.jpg by ToadMum2, on Flickr

IMG_5777.jpg by ToadMum2, on Flickr

Robin Usagani · Sep 5, 2010

They look good on my iphone

bigtwinky · Sep 5, 2010

I think they are a tad under exposed. I personally like to see children's images a tad on the bright side.

They could also use a levels or curves adjustment.

I see that your images are ok to edit, so I went ahead and did <10 secs on the first..
Added exposure, corrected levels.

Might also need a tad Unsharp Mask as well.

oldmacman · Sep 5, 2010

bigtwinky said:

Yikes. I'm not lovin' this edit. Too much saturation and sharpening, imo. I actually don't mind the OP's originals. If you want to go lighter though, how about something more like this?

- just duplicate the layer
- screen mode
- masked the background

oldmacman · Sep 5, 2010

I forgot to mention in my last post that the light source seems to be hitting her full front. Try establishing some direction lighting from one side, either with natural light, a reflector, or fill. Otherwise focusing and WB seem to be fine.

DanFinePhotography · Sep 5, 2010

little awkward facial expressions...but overall, nice shots. Might be a tad underexposed

bigtwinky · Sep 6, 2010

oldmacman said:
bigtwinky said:

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Yikes. I'm not lovin' this edit. Too much saturation and sharpening, imo. I actually don't mind the OP's originals. If you want to go lighter though, how about something more like this?

- just duplicate the layer
- screen mode
- masked the background

Odd... all I did was open the image with CS4, up the exposure and adjust the levels. No sharpening and no saturation... :/

I do like your edit though

oldmacman · Sep 6, 2010

bigtwinky said:
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Odd... all I did was open the image with CS4, up the exposure and adjust the levels. No sharpening and no saturation... :/

Adjusting the levels will affect the saturation. Maybe the look of sharpness is more due the middle of the face becoming much brighter than the shadows on the two sides. No worries, it just wasn't my taste.