Sophie is growing up!

Adrian van Ammers

Just a few candid portraits of Sophie by a happy granddad







Here is a "I'm not really in the mood" image. Which was actually not true :1drink . She was just eating a cookie which took all her concentration and attention

Higgmeister

What a cutie,
The eyes in the first one are wow!. Shots like these are treasures. It's funny how people, like myself, don't like to be photographed. Years down the road, we wonder why there aren't any photos of us when we were younger. Mom and Dad should be glad Grandpa is a shutterbug. I know Sophie and her husband will be glad, as well as their children, and their children, and so on, and so on:D.

Thanks for sharing her with us,
Chris

After looking again, here eyes are amazing in all the shots.

John Mueller

Arent they a joy...........
They grow up so fast.
Very proud grandfather for sure

Adrian van Ammers

Hi Chris

Higgmeister wrote:

The eyes in the first one are wow!. Shots like these are treasures. It's funny how people, like myself, don't like to be photographed. Years down the road, we wonder why there aren't any photos of us when we were younger. Mom and Dad should be glad Grandpa is a shutterbug. I know Sophie and her husband will be glad, as well as their children, and their children, and so on, and so on:D.

Thanks for sharing her with us,

Chris

After looking again, here eyes are amazing in all the shots.

Thank you for all your nice words and comments! I really appreciate.

lynnma

All beautiful shots.. number one is a really special one tho..

gluwater

What a cutie!
I totally agree with Higgmeister. Her eyes in the first one are just soo bright blue and her barette compliments them nicely. You should post that one in the Eyes thread here http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=138866#post138866.

I really like the last one too. She's really concentrating hard on that cookie.

Nick

photocat

What a beautiful child... Number one has fascinating eyes, blue as a mountain lake I would say... (though I have never seen a mountain lake, but I can imagine that it is blue like this)
The cookie one is precious too. What a great thing to have: a snaphappy granddad...

Adrian van Ammers

Hello John

John Mueller wrote:

Arent they a joy...........
They grow up so fast.
Very proud grandfather for sure

Hard to express how much I enjoy the grandkids. They are living miracles. Thanks for your nice comment!

Adrian van Ammers

Thanks Lynn...

lynnma wrote:

All beautiful shots.. number one is a really special one tho..

for your kind words. Yep #1 is my favorite too but #3 is close because of her born to be wild expression

leebase

Very very nice. What post processing steps do you do? Those are incredibly sharp/good eyes....not to mention a very cute girl.

Lee

Adrian van Ammers

Postprocessing

leebase wrote:

Very very nice. What post processing steps do you do? Those are incredibly sharp/good eyes....not to mention a very cute girl.

Lee

I have some actions for sharpening. I forgot when and how I found them. Do a search on Sharpening Twang, which is the guy who made these, I guess.
I always start to check levels, the colors/whitebalance, maybe a little contrast. I run the picture through noise filter(Noiseware pro version), not standard but portraits almost always. I end up with the sharpening. Here is the first picture followed by the original to show the difference. I hope this helps.

Adrian van Ammers

Thanks Nick, that's a good idea

gluwater wrote:

I totally agree with Higgmeister. Her eyes in the first one are just soo bright blue and her barette compliments them nicely. You should post that one in the Eyes thread here http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=138866#post138866.

I really like the last one too. She's really concentrating hard on that cookie.

Nick

I will post the picture in the Eyes thread as well! Thanks for your kind words!

Adrian van Ammers

Hi Photocat

photocat wrote:

What a beautiful child... Number one has fascinating eyes, blue as a mountain lake I would say... (though I have never seen a mountain lake, but I can imagine that it is blue like this)
The cookie one is precious too. What a great thing to have: a snaphappy granddad...

Thanks so much for your kind words. And funny, a snaphappy granddad

photocat

Adrian van Ammers wrote:

Thanks so much for your kind words. And funny, a snaphappy granddad

Het mag al eens grappig zijn nietwaar... lol

Adrian van Ammers

Ben je Belgisch?

photocat wrote:

Het mag al eens grappig zijn nietwaar... lol

Dat ziet er uit als onvervalst Vlaams! Maar je woont in de UK??

Maestro

Wow! She's a beaut! Be careful with that one. She'll be fighting the boys off soon enough. You captured her very well.

Bob Stanley

You have a beautiful granddaughter! All four shots are outstanding, they each display a different expression. Excellent pictures!

Adrian van Ammers

Thanks Maestro

Maestro wrote:

Wow! She's a beaut! Be careful with that one. She'll be fighting the boys off soon enough. You captured her very well.

Here we meet again : I just replied to you the dog thread.
Yeah, I'm sure she is going to break some hearts. The boys will have a hard time because she can be a little pussycat now and then.

Adrian van Ammers

Hello Bob

Bob Stanley wrote:

You have a beautiful granddaughter! All four shots are outstanding, they each display a different expression. Excellent pictures!

You are very generous in your comments! Thanks for the encouragement and nice words. I really appreciate.