Floating in a Cloud

Icebear

I haven't favored you with a photo of my youngest grandson in several months. Here he is floating in a cloud of cashmere roving


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I wish I'd used the 50mm 1.8. With the 18-70, at 5.6 and 1/30th, I wasn't steady enough to avoid a bit of softness. You can see the camera shake in the left eye catchlights. Oh well. Still, printed at 11x14 it really looks good. :lust

jeffreaux2

I'd say he is snug as a bug!!! A very endearing photograph. Thanks for sharing!

Agnieszka

Wonderful

shniks

Icebear wrote:

I haven't favored you with a photo of my youngest grandson in several months. Here he is floating in a cloud of cashmere roving


.

I wish I'd used the 50mm 1.8. With the 18-70, at 5.6 and 1/30th, I wasn't steady enough to avoid a bit of softness. You can see the camera shake in the left eye catchlights. Oh well. Still, printed at 11x14 it really looks good.

Great photo and expression.... he looks so happy...:D

Sam

Icebear posted:

"I wish I'd used the 50mm 1.8. With the 18-70, at 5.6 and 1/30th, I wasn't steady enough to avoid a bit of softness. You can see the camera shake in the left eye catchlights. Oh well. Still, printed at 11x14 it really looks good. "

Many times photographers, in the quest for technical excellence, can loose site of what is really important. The important issue here is not technical perfection, but the subject, and the moment. In many cases the moment / event only happens once, and can not be recreated or repeated.

The professional, and amateur photographer with experience, and skill can preserve this moment with quality that will convey the emotion, and flavor of that moment for a lifetime.

You can do no more.

Sam

saurora

He's adorable and this is a great moment you've captured! If it looks good at 11 x 14, I wouldn't worry too much. I deal with shakiness, too...it's disappointing, but since family is my priority I only have them (and myself) to please and they are in awe of my work.

davidweaver

bump.

The pic should work well at 5x7 or 8x10.

saurora wrote:

He's adorable and this is a great moment you've captured! If it looks good at 11 x 14, I wouldn't worry too much. I deal with shakiness, too...it's disappointing, but since family is my priority I only have them (and myself) to please and they are in awe of my work.

Scott_Quier

This photo is so good on so many levels that I wouldn't worry about a bit of camera shake. And, at the size provide, I would not have know about it had you not mentioned it.

I' not much into baby photos, but this is one of the best I've seen in a while. I like the way the color of the rovings match up to his skin coloring and look where his attention is - on you! DOF is perfect with that little bit of fall off in focus as you go deeper into the pile (and down to his belly ). Yep, doesn't get much better than this and I'm sure Grandma and his parents are loving the photo.

Icebear

Gee, thanks everybody. He's the happiest little guy.
As for the softness, I probably would have done that in PP anyway.
I just like to have a little control over the results .

Oh, for those wondering . . . WB was set in camera with an Expodisc, and not adjusted in post.
Natural window light to camera left, with a white reflector to camera right.

Rhinotherunt

Sam wrote:

Many times photographers, in the quest for technical excellence, can loose site of what is really important. The important issue here is not technical perfection, but the subject, and the moment. In many cases the moment / event only happens once, and can not be recreated or repeated.

The professional, and amateur photographer with experience, and skill can preserve this moment with quality that will convey the emotion, and flavor of that moment for a lifetime.

You can do no more.

Sam

WOW! Very well stated!!!