Father & Son

CherylL · Aug 23, 2018

I used a cheap black curtain panel as a backdrop and cleaned up a little in photoshop. How is the conversion and crop? I used Nik Silver Efex.

Father & Son by Cheryl, on Flickr

Jeff15 · Aug 23, 2018

Nice one....

smoke665 · Aug 23, 2018

I really like the concept, but overall it just seems tad dark, for a beautiful moment. Maybe lightening the hands would help but i have to wonder if this wouldn't look better as a high key

zombiesniper · Aug 23, 2018

Very cute.

Well done.

wannabe photographer · Aug 23, 2018

I like the moment,very emotional.But it looks like the focus is not spot on,maybe it's my monitor.

jcdeboever · Aug 23, 2018

wonderful image. I think the low key lighting works great for this image. imo, well done.

CherylL · Aug 23, 2018

Thanks for the feedback. The focus was soft on the photo and I did us a Low Key filter. I tried to re-edit, but couldn't get the right look of lighter. The photo shot right before that one is on focus and tried a different conversion. Used Silver Efex the Fine Art filter and upped the contrast with a little lens falloff vignette. Light enough?

Father & Son 2 by Cheryl, on Flickr

smoke665 · Aug 23, 2018

CherylL said:
Light enough?

IMO, much better!!!

jcdeboever · Aug 23, 2018

I prefer the original. It is more beautiful.

Dean_Gretsch · Aug 23, 2018

The second is wonderful. The focus was killing it for me and I agree it was just a little too dark.

CherylL · Aug 23, 2018

The focus of the first did bother me, but for some reason I like that one. I'll get both printed and see which one SIL likes. Thanks for everyone's feedback.

Derrel · Aug 23, 2018

You asked, how is the crop? I dunno...I tried this crop on it...I liked

this hand placement within the frame area a bit more. YMMV. A slight bit of lightening up (dodging) on the lower right corner area of the photo might strengthen this, I think.

This photo shows us a beautiful contrast between the adult hand and the infant hand.

wannabe photographer · Aug 24, 2018

Whatever we said about focus or light we still can't denied that Photo have emotion and message and for me that is most important.I like how Darrel crop.Keep shooting,all the best.

CherylL · Aug 24, 2018

Derrel said:
You asked, how is the crop? I dunno...I tried this crop on it...I likedView attachment 162180

this hand placement within the frame area a bit more. YMMV. A slight bit of lightening up (dodging) on the lower right corner area of the photo might strengthen this, I think.

This photo shows us a beautiful contrast between the adult hand and the infant hand.

Thanks for the edit Derrel. I saved your file and will play with the crop.