Missing mommy! POTD 4.18.07
This is Solomon, my nephew. I watch him periodically when his mom goes to work. Normally he does not even notice when mom leaves, but lately he's been going through mommy withdrawls. It's so pathetic and unfortunately there is not a whole lot I can do, other than just love on him and let him know it's ok. Oh, and animal crackers do wonders too;)
I took these on the TVmode, felt like expanding my horizon a bit. I set the SS to 125, kept the ISO at 400 and the camera chose 1.8 for the aperture. I was skeptical because I like both eyes to be in focus and with 1.8...it's really hard to do. (at least for me it is) When I uploaded them to the computer, I kinda liked that really narrow DOF on these. Several asked about the soft light layer and I'll tell you what I do, although I'm so new to it...not sure if I'm qualified to instruct. I first do a light defog-10-30-0. Then I do any levels/curves/color adjustment. Then, on a duplicate layer, I select soft light and adjust the opacity to 15%. Then, if I'm going to post online, I try to sharpen for web at 50-1-1.
17 comments:
poor little guy! what an incredibly sweet looking face. love those eyes!
thanks for the instructions for the light layer. i am looking forward to trying this!
He has such adorable eyes and what a precious face! Great shots..I think you can feel what he's feeling and his emotions!
aww poor little guy. I bet his eyes sparkle when he see's his mommy. He is a cutie pie
That face just makes me want to pick him up and cuddle him. Poor little guy! I just love your first capture. And congrats on TV mode. I haven't even thought of trying that yet. lol TFS
What a darling, darling little man! His face made my heart melt! And his name is great too!
And your pics look great! I like the DOF on them as well.
I like how you captured what looks like a tear that either fell or is about to fall.
Thanks for the instructions...little over my head yet, but I'll get there.
Aww so sad. His eyes look great in these shots! Great Job!
Oh he is so cute! You can see in the first one how sad he was. Thanks for the soft light layer tip, I'm going to give it a try!
Awww poor little guy, what a sweet sad face he's making. Great shots.
These really are such sweet shots. Love the last shot...would make a great scrapbook page with the story you told.
Sweet - I see a storyboard in the making!
Awwww... so sweet. I love the second one. You have one cute little newphew :)
These pictures made me say "awwwwww" out loud. Great job capturing his emotion.
awww... poor thing! Love that little face and those gorgeous eyes!
great capture of emotion! What a cute little guy...makes me want to give him a big hug! DOF is great...
This is gorgeous, Heather, and I'm jealous that you can focus on a 1.8. Love the ultrasound profile too. thanks for the exposure and workflow info, I'll try that one so some of my pictures. I hope you are doing well.
oh, he's so sad.....
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