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Posted: **Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:59 pm**

Our friends were up a few weeks ago and Macka's baby photos reminded me that I took some shots of their baby. Here he is:

Posted: **Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:10 pm**

Nice shot, Owen. They make such perfect subjects.

Posted: **Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:34 pm**

Nice one Owen - babies really look 'into' you don't they?
Rel

Posted: **Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:54 pm**

Oh yeah. This kid wouldn't stop staring at me! He liked the camera I think, definitely will be an attention seeker when he grows up

Posted: **Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:21 pm**

Lovely pic but I think there might be a bit too much PP done to this. The eyes don't look very natural.

Posted: **Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:03 pm**

The eyes are pretty much untouched. I duplicated a layer, blurred it, then erased so the sharpness of the eye(s) showed through. The only thing I did to it was adjust the levels very slightly. It could be the reflection of the venetian that is off-putting maybe?

Posted: **Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:18 pm**

I thought you might have done the duplicated layer and erased the eyes method

Usually that creates a fair bit contrast between the eyes and the face and the result is a rather creepy pic.

Try duplicating the layer, blur it and reduce the opacity to 50% (play with this setting until you like the result) or keep the opacity as 100% and play with the layer blending change (ie. multiply, overlay, soft light, etc).

Posted: **Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:23 pm**

Actually the layer on top was at about 20% if I remember correctly, the DOF was pretty shallow so I didn't want to blur it too much. I might try changing the layer blending modes though, I didn't think of that - thanks

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