Toddler And Dandelions

saurora · February 20, 2007

Spent a great Sunday with my sister and her grandson at the park picking dandelions. :lust

I meant to enter one of these in the challenge, but got busy and missed the deadline. Comments welcome!!! I can never decide which I like best between color and toned black and white! All shot with the 85 f/1.8.

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

Have you ever tasted dandies before????

WrenTheBlurry · February 20, 2007

Wow, #1 is fantastic!! That would have been a strong contender in the contest, I am sure. While that is my favorite, I also like how #3 and #4 show such a strong sense of wonder and discovery on his face. You can see the little brain working away; I love those moments.

happy day,

wren

PS--I have not tasted dandelion, but I have had uh..nur...nor...that 'stertium flower in a salad!

anwmn1 · February 20, 2007

First one is top notch!! Great capture!!

I also like the 3rd one but think maybe it could benefit from some cropping- too much negative space for me.

Fourth one has the right arm too blown out and the dandelion is lost in his hand.

Good job- as usual!

DavidS · February 20, 2007

Nice shots. I love the first one. It has a strong emotional draw for me.

Seneca · February 20, 2007

Is that what those "blow away flowers" are called? Wow learn something new everyday.

Very cute.

saurora · February 21, 2007

anwmn1 wrote:

First one is top notch!! Great capture!!

I also like the 3rd one but think maybe it could benefit from some cropping- too much negative space for me.

Fourth one has the right arm too blown out and the dandelion is lost in his hand.

Good job- as usual!

Thank you for your comments and pointers. I didn't spend any time cropping these...shot for my niece and I leave it up to her for cropping. I have to admit, I have a personal preference for some breathing room at times...either crop really tight or give me space!!! He just looked so little out in the big wide open spaces I wanted to capture some of that feeling and at the same time capture his expressions. #4 is blown by the PS action I used...I didn't catch that at the time. It's a pretty contrasty action. I may attempt another pass on that one. The dandy is pretty much gone by this shot and he was still trying to figure it out!

urbanaries · February 21, 2007

These are really cute, Susan! I like the horizontal one in color, even though it has a lot of negative space, cropping the child to the right a bit would look so awesome on a canvas. The intense colors and bokeh are very nice.

I do think if you could clone out the word "construction" on his shirt in this one, it would improve the shot.

Richard · February 21, 2007

saurora wrote:

Thank you for your comments and pointers. I didn't spend any time cropping these...shot for my niece and I leave it up to her for cropping. I have to admit, I have a personal preference for some breathing room at times...either crop really tight or give me space!!!

Wait, isn't #1 a crop from #2? Or am I losing it here?

I like both 1 and 2. There is something strange about the light (or PP?) on the adult arm in #2 that distracts me. It seems too dark compared to the hand. Might have been a shadow due to the angle, but it almost makes it look like the hand is wearing a rubber glove. Since it's a really good capture, you might want to tweak it a bit to reduce the difference.

Regards,

Malte · February 21, 2007

Seneca wrote:

Is that what those "blow away flowers" are called? Wow learn something new everyday.

Very cute.

That was my reaction too. If you translate the Swedish name for them back to English you get Wormrose. :puke

Malte

saurora · February 21, 2007

urbanaries wrote:

These are really cute, Susan! I like the horizontal one in color, even though it has a lot of negative space, cropping the child to the right a bit would look so awesome on a canvas. The intense colors and bokeh are very nice.

I do think if you could clone out the word "construction" on his shirt in this one, it would improve the shot.

Good idea about cloning out "construction"...I hadn't considered that. Thanks, Lynne!

saurora · February 21, 2007

rsinmadrid wrote:

Wait, isn't #1 a crop from #2? Or am I losing it here?

I like both 1 and 2. There is something strange about the light (or PP?) on the adult arm in #2 that distracts me. It seems too dark compared to the hand. Might have been a shadow due to the angle, but it almost makes it look like the hand is wearing a rubber glove. Since it's a really good capture, you might want to tweak it a bit to reduce the difference.

Regards,

Yes, Richard #1 is a crop of #2. I will take a look at the arm in #2. Part of it was the shadow and the angle of the hand towards the light. I should never do work like this late at night, but then when am I going to do it???

Osprey Whisperer · February 21, 2007

Nice series Susan.

Next time let's forget the Dande...and just shoot the kid playing with the lions.

j/k

mereimage · February 21, 2007

Saurora- these are done using some of the previous suggestions
This is #3-30 sec in PS

and this is #1 with a different crop-the original composition created an uncomfortable balance to me and this felt better though I do think it shifts the emphasis

this is just for disc sake-- just went back thru some of the dgrin links re: composition .................. mereimage