My Nieces

richtersl · January 4, 2009

Yesterday we did "Christmas" with my nieces and they obliged me with a few shots. C&C welcome. I'd like to enter one of these into the DSS challenge but am not sure if any of these are up to par.

Thanks for looking!

1# - Sarah checks out a present.

#2 - Martha (in green) mugs with her cousin, Madison.

#3 - Martha studies a drawing she's working on.

#4 - Toni loves the camera...LOL.

KurtPreston · January 4, 2009

I'm liking #2 the best of these, maybe even better with a closer crop. I'd LOVE #4 but can't get past the slight blur. Some very cute girls

jeffreaux2 · January 4, 2009

Normally dappled light will kill a portrait, but I have to agree this time that #2 is a beautiful capture.

dlplumer · January 4, 2009

I like # 1 and #2 Linda

clemensphoto's · January 4, 2009

#1 fav - great job.

ic4u · January 5, 2009

I like 1 and 2

I don't think you could possibly take a bad picture of these girls, they are adorable!

travelways · January 5, 2009

I see you have the nostalgia for the "family" theme now...

Very, nice photos! My favorites are #2 and #3

richtersl · January 5, 2009

KurtPreston wrote:

I'm liking #2 the best of these, maybe even better with a closer crop. I'd LOVE #4 but can't get past the slight blur. Some very cute girls

Thanks, Kurt!

Regarding the slight blur on #4, I did apply a vignette action to that photo to draw attention to Toni's face because the light coming from the window in the background was really bright. When I look at it again I can see that I probably should have cleaned up the vignette's layer mask a bit better. Part of that action also applies a Gaussian blur to the photo. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

richtersl · January 5, 2009

Dear Jeff, Ryan, Dan, Karin, Kurt, & Tatiana,

Thanks for looking and commenting.

The girls were a hoot! Madison and Toni both LOVE the camera. Martha was more interested in taking pictures than posing for them and Sarah was more interested in going outdoors and driving around in her battery-powered jeep.

Flyinggina · January 5, 2009

A great set of photos of adorable little girls. You are lucky that two of them love the camera. I like them all because they each tell a story, even #4 where she is giving you a look. My fav, though, is probably #1, even though she isn't looking at the camera. The look of wonder on her face captures the innocence that the young ones have about Christmas. Very, very nice.

Virginia

Kwarta · January 5, 2009

I personally like #1

Elaine · January 5, 2009

Adorable girls! I especially like 1 and 2.

richtersl · January 6, 2009

Flyinggina wrote:

A great set of photos of adorable little girls. You are lucky that two of them love the camera. I like them all because they each tell a story, even #4 where she is giving you a look. My fav, though, is probably #1, even though she isn't looking at the camera. The look of wonder on her face captures the innocence that the young ones have about Christmas. Very, very nice.

Virginia

Kwarta wrote:

I personally like #1

Elaine wrote:

Adorable girls! I especially like 1 and 2.

Thanks, Virginia, Elaine, & Kwarta. I also really like #1, but the more I look at it the more I do not like my clone job on the lower left. One of the girls stood up just as I snapped the shutter and I got a partial head there. :cry

If anyone has any suggestions on how to do a better cloning job, I'm all ears.

Here's the original:

HoofClix · January 7, 2009

#1 is the best, but #4 sure grabs me...

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