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Ahoy folks,

Just thought I'd post a black and white portrait of my favourite subject.

I know your all probably getting sick and tired of seeing my son, but he's very good to practice technique on. I like this image as a portrait.

D70s, SB600, 70-200VR (170mm), 1/50, F/2.8. Purposely used a shallow DOF to get the eyes sharp, but hands and foreground soft.

Any C&C appreciated and welcomed.



Thanks in advance.

Beautiful shot! I think the B&W could be improved, it looks a little flat for me the whites don't look white?

But I just adore the cute little pose! Enjoy being a Dad and having a fair still model before long he will be running around make these moments harder to capture

I would agree with Craig. There really isn't any White areas to give it some contrast. Other than that, the shot is cute.

I might add too that if you had a bit more DOF then maybe you could of got the hands a little sharper.. not really too much of an issue as it's only a secondary focus in the picture.

Thanks for the replies folks.

There isn't a lot of white in the shot, basically the whites of his eyes and the edge of his collar. I played about with it though (after reisnatlling windoze, CS, and 2 new HD's) and got some better results.

I won't bore people by posting the new one though.

Thanks for the help.

Post the new one, please and don't think it's boring people, if it's boring them they don't have to look or comment

beautiful boy, quirky expression too
as craig said tweak the b+W for improvement

did you bounce the flash from the ceiling?
direct flash on infants is a bit risky, but i'm sure you knew that

I'll follow with the BW conversions to make this photo go top notch