I think these are PERFECT!! C&C Please!!

[SabrinaO]

just for the heck of it i did a quick play, i hope you don't mind.
i adjusted MOST everything in ACR.. added warmth. LOTS of black.. recovered your blown spots, and lowered the exposure a little.. then i added a cyan filter, masked back reds, then did 2 softlight layers masking back baby in the first layer. a little usm, and done. i LOVE how crisp your image is. it's very nice.
(again this was just a quick play, doing more adjustments this would be very nice)

I think this is a little too warm...at least for my tastes. The whites are yellowed. And blown spots? I don't see anything blown in the original. Please tell me where so I can notice next time. I love the contrast and pop when you added blacks.... :thumbup:. What is usm?
Thanks for your help and comments!

 

[SabrinaO]

Everything comes together, except for that garish, diagonally-striped background...ugh! Alternating red and white lines on a diagonal AND in good focus...oh my...photo #2 is very difficult to look at...after looking at the image for a few seconds, the kid appears to be vibrating...

Garish?! I LOVE this background! I don't know why some dont like the diagonal stripes... It can't be that bad is it?

 

[mrshaleyberg]

I'm not a fan of the background either. I think a plain color would have popped more.

 

[oldmacman]

Everything comes together, except for that garish, diagonally-striped background...ugh! Alternating red and white lines on a diagonal AND in good focus...oh my...photo #2 is very difficult to look at...after looking at the image for a few seconds, the kid appears to be vibrating...

Garish?! I LOVE this background! I don't know why some dont like the diagonal stripes... It can't be that bad is it?

It is visual competition for the cute baby and as eplained in an earlier post, it is distracting compositionally.

I think the edit is too warm as well and does tend to look like yellow colour cast. It could be a calibration issue on atabrem's machine or just a peronakl taste thing. Either way, I like the true reds in your originals over reds leaning into orange.

 

[redcoat36]

ADORABLE! Love the reds (it's Christmas, folks!) and the flooring!! Is this a canvas from the Photoprop place? Throw another sharpening action on there to really crisp it up.The white skin, reds and blue eyes are a wonderful combination!