Caladan

[cparker]

Comments and critique very welcome. I want complete honesty on any of my work, and I will try to do the same for you guys. I am new to the forum... so hello!

This photo is of my daughter. Taken with NikonCoolpix 3200. Um, I think maybe the color I have in the background might be a little distracting... but didn't know if it was too much so. Let me know.

Thanks

cparker

[almo]

The color in the eyes is to dark to be effective, and yes the colors in the BG are very distracting. A B&W with hand coloring really should stick to a main focus inless you are coloring the entire image. Also the crop is to loose.

almo

[gahspidy]

I like the shot and the frame up very much. I really like the somewhat grainy looking b&w here. The color though is not working here for me. Definetely lose the color in the bg, and for the eyes try a bit less saturation and lighten them up some. Other than that, a very good shot of a beautiful child.
Welcome to the forum

[cparker]

Thank you both for taking the time to review my photo. I really do appreciate it. And here's what I've done with it using your suggestions. I didn't change any saturation or contrast... i just put a desaturated layer over my color and erased. Well I cropped it a bit too... Better?

cparker

[almo]

for the most part i would say yes, but i don't like the fact that the head is cut off. i guess i could have mentioned this in my first post. perhaps trying to reshoot and calling this a practice would be best?

[gahspidy]

I'd say this is an improvement, but somehow the colored eyes do not feel right here. This is just a personal thing, maybe a little more subtle yet

[dadas115]

I like the blue eyes but find the colors on the pants to be a bit distracting/unnecessary. The composition is very good and the exposure works for me.

Greg