Meet April. I met her last week when I was trying some new things while doing some street photography—just for the record, my experiment did not work, maybe next time.
April was totally engrossed in her balloon. She had no idea that I was photographing her. Her attention was absolutely fixed on that big blue balloon. It was great to watch.Three things attracted me to April and her balloon—her angelic face, the contrasting cool colors of green and blue versus the warm oranges from her face, and her total concentration on her prize. I wanted the photo to be primarily about the glow of her face.
Enjoy.
Camera settings: Nikon D3, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 shot at 155mm, ISO 200, f/4 and 1/350th of a second.
Post Processing:
Lightroom—Set black and white points, added clarity and increased contrast, and adjusted hue and saturation of green, red, yellow and orange, and added vignette.
Photoshop—Used high-pass filter method to sharpen April’s face and hair.
Quite lovely. I hope you gave a copy of the photo to her parents.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
My eyes goes straight to her eyes and then her face. Good job directing the viewer to what you want them to see. I finally see what you mean about how cool and warm colors directs the eyes.
ReplyDeleteTed
Again, a fine environmental portrait of a child. You seem to zero-in on the key elements of each child you photograph.
ReplyDeleteAnne
The blue and green bother me for some reason. They seem to distract from your subject.
ReplyDeletePat
I love the look of concentration on her face. You captured it beautifully. Nice catch lights in her eyes.
ReplyDeleteDoug is right. Her concentration is what caught my eye. In addition, I like the colors.
ReplyDeleteMel
Nicely done Mr. Patrick! Will you end May and June the same way? Good luck finding a subject for end of July! :-)
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Barry