Angelic

[smoke665]

Today on a social media thread one of these came up as a memory from back in 2016. This kid amazes me, she was born with the ability to work the camera. Originally in color, I was never quite satisfied with them. I much prefer the B&W edit. As always C&C is w
no-image-available-grid.jpg by William Raber, on Flickr

 

[Ysarex85 79]

Good job!

Joe

 

[smoke665]

Good job!

Joe

Thank you Joe!

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Angelic is right! Her eyes are so beautiful. This is the little one you're always sharing with us, right? Great job, Grandpa!

 

[otherprof87 28]

Today on a social media thread one of these came up as a memory from back in 2016. This kid amazes me, she was born with the ability to work the camera. Originally in color, I was never quite satisfied with them. I much prefer the B&W edit. As always C&C is welcomed.

Christening 2016 by William Raber, on Flickr

Christening 2016 by William Raber, on Flickr

Beautiful!

 

[smoke665]

Angelic is right! Her eyes are so beautiful. This is the little one you're always sharing with us, right? Great job, Grandpa!

Thanks Dean. Yes, she was just over 6 months old here. This was natural light from a window.

 

[Derrel]

Nice work! Love the B&W coloring.

 

[tirediron]

Very nice; you nailed the treatment here!

 

[smoke665]

Nice work! Love the B&W coloring.

Thanks Derrel! I appreciate the kind words. Color channels were adjusted in the tone curve panel.

 

[CherylL]

Born to model! I like the conversion

 

[smoke665]

Very nice; you nailed the treatment here!

Hey thanks man! This was taken during my "golden" exploration time. It sounded like a good idea at the time, but the color version novelty wore off fast. I like the conversion much better.

Born to model! I like the conversion

Thanks CheryIl! Yup she was born with the "look". LOL

 

[vintagesnaps]

I love the way the second one captures the personality! Makes me smile.

Were you going for a toned photo instead of B&W? I see a definite magenta tint. To me if that's what you want it might need enough color so that it looks like it was purposeful, I can't quite tell if it was or not (especially since you referred to it as B&W). This type photo could look lovely as a toned B&W it's just hard to tell on here for sure.

 

[smoke665]

Were you going for a toned photo instead of B&W? I see a definite magenta tint.

She gets her expressiveness from her Dad. He was the same way at that age.

There is a mild split tone applied, and the effect was intentional. However it leans more toward a yellow/brown, then the typical reddish brown of a true sepia tone. The darker tint was to much for an image I wanted to remain ethereal, and a true gray scale to bright.

 

[Soocom1]

Oh shes a cutie...

And I bet a mischievous handful!

Great job!

 

[smoke665]

Oh shes a cutie...

And I bet a mischievous handful!

Great job!

Thank you! She has her moments, primarily mouth and attitude. She is an only child in an adult world so her vocabulary, and reasoning ability is advanced for a 3yr old, but by and large she is a sweetheart who has learned early that she has the ability to wrap Mimi and Papa around her finger anytime she wants.