PEOPLE, BALLOONS, MEN IN KILTS.....now you must look..LOL!!!

[oldnavy170]

Here are a few shots from a Parade near my house today.

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

 

[lifeafter2am]

I really like the eyes of the child in #2. I also like #9, good blur showing the motion of the sticks.

 

[heip]

Nice shots. This is the second time I've seen a pic of that young girl in #2. Are you saturating her eyes or are they naturally that amazing color?

 

[oldnavy170]

Those are her eyes with 5% added saturation. I do sharpen them too. When she is outdoors her eyes are brighter (or when she cries they look turquoise) then when she is indoors.

 

[oldnavy170]

Here is a photo of her without any edits to her eyes except for sharpening.

 

[heip]

She is on her way to being a heart breaker with those eyes. Lovely girl, nice shots.

 

[THORHAMMER]

the Eyes have it !!!

 

[Ajay]

I like #2 and #7. Something about the different colors against the blue sky and the way you cropped it just works for me. I wonder what some selective coloring would look like.
How do you sharpen eyes in photoshop? Any article or anything you could point me to?

 

[Pixie42]

That girl has breathtaking eyes. Wow.

 

[Antarctican]

What a fun series!!! Great colours in #1, killer eyes in #2, such a slice of Americana in #5, and LOVE the compo/crop in #7. Looks like a fun day.

 

[Joxby]

Blimey, the ozone layer really is busted...1, 6, 7

2, tacky make-up ?

3, nice tidy candid, but the signs a bit ott

4, bit dark and ordinary

5, they really had blue socks ?

8, faster shutter, you probably dont need me to say that.

9, I like the perspective in this one, I think the exposure is ok, just detail lost in adjusted contrast, you need contrast in B/W though.

afterthought portrait, knocks the whole set into a cocked hat.

This is a strange set from unholy extremes of saturation to B/W, the afterthought portrait proves you dont need all that nonesense, and niether doe's she.

 

[oldnavy170]

Blimey, the ozone layer really is busted...1, 6, 7

2, tacky make-up ?

3, nice tidy candid, but the signs a bit ott

4, bit dark and ordinary

5, they really had blue socks ?

8, faster shutter, you probably dont need me to say that.

9, I like the perspective in this one, I think the exposure is ok, just detail lost in adjusted contrast, you need contrast in B/W though.

afterthought portrait, knocks the whole set into a cocked hat.

This is a strange set from unholy extremes of saturation to B/W, the afterthought portrait proves you dont need all that nonesense, and niether doe's she.

If you didn't notice the date on this post it was done back in July when I only had my kit lens.

In #2 she had no make-up on so how can that be tacky make-up if she is not even wearing any?

In #3 the sign is a balloon that the parade handed out to the kids.

In #4 I agree that its a bit dark but ordinary? well only if your at a parade I suppose.

In #5 I didn't notice that their socks looked blue but thats just poor processing on my part!

#8 was done with a slow lens. At the time this photo was taken it was with my kit lens.

#9 Its what I liked about this shot at the time. I feel not "every" shot needs to be done in high contrast.