Day 017

SOOC

 Just minor white balance and curves adjustment in GIMP

It was my niece's 1st birthday this week, and unfortunately, she celebrated by taking a bit of a tumble out of bed the night before. So she was due for lots of extra cuddles with momma. Its snapshotty, but I love the feeling of love she is enveloped in. I didn't want to crop it because I didn't want to create a discombobulated chest. Any suggestions with that?

Photo stats:
Exposure: 1/25
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 1600
Focal Length: 86mm

Day 016

SOOC

Again we had a special appearance by Mr. Sun Saturday morning, so I took full advantage and grabbed the bathroom mirror to have a fun little shoot with Keira opposite our big deck window. I wish I had cleared out my laptop from behind her, but meh.  And mt husband sitting on the couch ended up in the reflection. oops! You live and you learn.

 

just adjusted the curves a bit to brighten it up. Should I have cropped the right a bit to place her more in the thirds?

Photo Stats:

Exposure 1/40

Aperture f4.8

ISO 800

Focal Length 42mm

Day 014

SOOC

K patiently waiting for her 1 year shots

Not very exciting, but I thought it was a bit of an interesting angle. Pretty much every other shot I tried to get of her that night was blurry.

Edited

Just auto white balanced and colour enhanced in GIMP with a bit of a crop to try and place her a bit more in the rule of thirds.

Photo Stats:

Exposure 1/10

Aperture f3.8

ISO 400

Focal Length 18mm

Day 013

So I realized that its kind of pointless for me to only post edited shots. How can I learn if I don't compare the SOOC (straight out of the camera) ones and get feedback on that? The goal is to get as perfect a picture as possible before the editing process. Not to mention my editing hand needs to get "softer". I have a tendency to overdo colour saturation. So I would love feedback going forward on what you think of the original composition, aperture/SS/ISO choices and also the editing.

 

Photo Stats:

Exposure .0769s (I have never seen it listed this way before. what does it mean???)

Aperture f5.3

ISO 800
Focal Length: 69mm

messed with the colour curve a bit in GIMP. I think I may prefer the SOOC though. I tried to whiten it up, but now I think some of the hot spots on her skin look yellow. WDYT?