My little boy playing so contently

[kathyt]

 

[michael9000000]

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Sweet scene, good exposure, classy sepia tones... The horizon tilt in photo 2 is a bit much in my humble opinion... Very nice overall...

 

[amolitor]

There isn't any tilt here, is there? That's just a slope in the background, I think.

These work pretty well for me, but I am going to have to noodle on them a bit. What was your thinking with 1) the toning and 2) the choice to center him in the frame? I think I would have instinctively shoved him more right in the frame, and I am never sure when to apply a sepia-ish tone as you have here.

I'm definitely NOT calling this out as problems, I find them interesting choices and I'd like to hear what, if anything, you have to say about them.

 

[michael9000000]

There isn't any tilt here, is there? That's just a slope in the background, I think.

These work pretty well for me, but I am going to have to noodle on them a bit. What was your thinking with 1) the toning and 2) the choice to center him in the frame? I think I would have instinctively shoved him more right in the frame, and I am never sure when to apply a sepia-ish tone as you have here.

I'm definitely NOT calling this out as problems, I find them interesting choices and I'd like to hear what, if anything, you have to say about them.

The background does seem to have a slope, but there also some extra tilt as evident in the grass in the foreground... I'm not saying that the horizon has to be level, but I think there was a bit too much tilt. Either way, it's just my humble opinion, and I do like the images.

 

[2WheelPhoto]

Nice!

 

[Mully]

Very nice...the tilt does not bother me.

 

[kathyt]

There isn't any tilt here, is there? That's just a slope in the background, I think.

These work pretty well for me, but I am going to have to noodle on them a bit. What was your thinking with 1) the toning and 2) the choice to center him in the frame? I think I would have instinctively shoved him more right in the frame, and I am never sure when to apply a sepia-ish tone as you have here.

I'm definitely NOT calling this out as problems, I find them interesting choices and I'd like to hear what, if anything, you have to say about them.

The background does seem to have a slope, but there also some extra tilt as evident in the grass in the foreground... I'm not saying that the horizon has to be level, but I think there was a bit too much tilt. Either way, it's just my humble opinion, and I do like the images.

Yes, the whole thing is my driveway except for the road parallel to the corn field. The part he is standing on is very sloped and I wasn't really sure what to align it to in this case.

 

[kathyt]

There isn't any tilt here, is there? That's just a slope in the background, I think.

These work pretty well for me, but I am going to have to noodle on them a bit. What was your thinking with 1) the toning and 2) the choice to center him in the frame? I think I would have instinctively shoved him more right in the frame, and I am never sure when to apply a sepia-ish tone as you have here.

I'm definitely NOT calling this out as problems, I find them interesting choices and I'd like to hear what, if anything, you have to say about them.

Actually, I never really use sepia tones that often, but I was trying to create a couple of my own presets in LR and this happened to be the end result of one of them. I really do prefer b/w over sepia and really only tend to stray away from my normal workflow when it is my own child.

 

[texkam]

If this is an ad for pants then you nailed it. I'm getting no emotional connection to the subject. All the tricks take away from the simplicity and innocence of the moment IMHO.

 

[ewick]

I like it. the post processing works very well here. good job.

 

[kathyt]

I like it. the post processing works very well here. good job.

Thank you!

 

[janineh]

I think I would prefer a clean b&w, but I do like the shots.

 

[michael9000000]

Yes, the whole thing is my driveway except for the road parallel to the corn field. The part he is standing on is very sloped and I wasn't really sure what to align it to in this case.

I tilted the whole counter-clockwise, so the grass in the foreground rises slightly to the right, while horizon falls slightly to the right... What do you think?

 

[kathyt]

Yes, the whole thing is my driveway except for the road parallel to the corn field. The part he is standing on is very sloped and I wasn't really sure what to align it to in this case.

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I tilted the whole counter-clockwise, so the grass in the foreground rises slightly to the right, while horizon falls slightly to the right... What do you think?

Yes, I agree. Looks so much better. Thank you.