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Postby admajic on Tue May 30, 2006 10:22 pm

My two angels! Yeah right!
Having a go at Portraites down at Bondi Beach!
Had to clone out the ugly grey bar out from the back ground and it ran thru the water :( Anyway learned how to cope with that :)
Geez I only got one nice shot the rest is them making faces :(

C & C pls!!

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Postby christiand on Tue May 30, 2006 11:13 pm

Hi admajic,

I like your photo - two children interacting together very nicely.
Brother and sister I suppose ?
You have a nice bokeh in the back and the colours are fine.
The light has let you down a little, a little bit too harsh.
Again, nice photo.

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Postby Raskill on Tue May 30, 2006 11:33 pm

I like the pic. The colors are vivid and like the name suggests, they do look like a cheeky pair! :D

I agree the light is a bit harsh. The next time you get the opportunity, try and use the onboars flash, or speedlight if you have one. Turn in bak a few stops and use it as a fill flash, which will light the darker areas, and not have to much of a noticeable effect on the lighter areas.

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Postby admajic on Tue May 30, 2006 11:41 pm

RE Harsh light
Ahh! Your talking about the shadows under the chin etc? Ok I didnt even notice that!! Thanks for that. Yes they are my kids. 2 and 5 yrs old
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Postby Raskill on Tue May 30, 2006 11:44 pm

Don't worry about not noticing it, from now on you will, and your images will improve. Thats why we offer, and get told, advice. It's a great place to learn.
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Postby admajic on Wed May 31, 2006 12:01 am

Raskill wrote:Don't worry about not noticing it, from now on you will, and your images will improve. Thats why we offer, and get told, advice. It's a great place to learn.


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Postby stubbsy on Wed May 31, 2006 11:06 am

Adam

This is a great natural shot of your children. You've been helped tremendously by the colours they are wearing too since they jump out of the image and draw the eye strongly.
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Postby wendellt on Wed May 31, 2006 11:28 am

adam your doing well with that camera and handling your kids
everything looks natural, next time i would just get them a little closer
but your exposure is nailed, what exposure mode were you using?
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Postby admajic on Wed May 31, 2006 1:33 pm

I tried to get them to sit closer! But they are monkeys and wanted to get up!! Then they just started to make faces after this photo, hehe. I set everything on manual. It was ISO 200, 1/1600, f3.5. From memory. Next time I do some Portraites im going for bribery!!
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