Innocents

[Graelwyn]

First of child candids/portraits taken at Winchester yesterday. Tokina 80-400mm used at 400mm. Parents seemed aware of what I was doing. Pray to God I have sharpened enough. I am giving both colour and mono as honestly, I do not know which work best.

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6)

 

[mattyh]

#2 for me Kate, both in mono and colour

Is 6 a crop? It looks a bit oversharpened to me.. although it is early

Hopefully this thread won't descend into a "it's wrong to photograph kids thread"

 

[Graelwyn]

#2 for me Kate, both in mono and colour

Is 6 a crop? It looks a bit oversharpened to me.. although it is early

Hopefully this thread won't descend into a "it's wrong to photograph kids thread"

6 is just slightly cropped, not much though.
I thought it was soft if anything actually, lol. Glad you like 2. The sunny weather helped ensure I could handhold with little trouble.

 

[mattyh]

6 is just slightly cropped, not much though.
I thought it was soft if anything actually, lol. Glad you like 2. The sunny weather helped ensure I could handhold with little trouble.

It may not be oversharp, might just me my eyes & this screen.... see what other people think

 

[Graelwyn]

Eh done my best, been up all night sorting through over 300 photos with another 300 still to go. Feel a bit bad I haven't bothered to frame them, but way too tired and probably not good enough to bother framing, lol. Few more.

 

[Graelwyn]

Eh, would love some more insight on these since child portraiture etc is an area that majorly interests me. Obviously, I was working outside, surrounded by people etc. I have more but am reluctant to post anymore if people consider these to be just snapshots etc

 

[pearce_jj]

No 3 B&W for me

Try to avoid the pushchairs! Dunno why but the IQ on the colour shots doesn't look great to me.

 

[Graelwyn]

Iq? In what sense and what could cause the issue? Were taken with Canon 40D and in good, sunny conditions. Could I be doing something wrong when I am changing to jpeg and sharpening etc?

 

[Graphic-Addict]

Like the story in number 4!

 

[Slapo]

Could you post e.g. this one:
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm18/SpiritFreePhotography/IMG_1700f.jpg
without any sharpening applied? I'd like to have a go and see if my technique is better than ordinary USM or sharpen filter.
The photos in #5 could use more space on the left and less on the right... this negative space there is now doesn't work very well for me.

EDIT: I don't think they're oversharpened, but that you've used a sharpening technique that's not very suitable if you need to sharpen a lot

 

[davidbridges]

IQ, to me they look extremely oversharpened

 

[Graelwyn]

Look too soft to me, as opposed to sharp. Oh well, another load of rubbish I turned out, nothing new there whatsoever.

 

[Graelwyn]

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[fletch5]

No 3 looks good to me, nice and sharp girl, good dof. well done

 

[davidbridges]

They look blurry maybe, but still over sharperened. Don't sulk about it, learn from it

 

[Shezz]

We are all our own worst critics but you are far too hard on yourself at times!

 

[Sitt]

I like the colour picture of number 2 - looks like it's been super impossed.
I also like the T shirt the little girl is wearing too...

 

[Slapo]

Here's something that might help:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/smart_sharp.shtml

Smart sharpening works fairly well if you combine it with High Pass filter sharpening.

 

[aberal]

#1 and #6 for me - black and white version. #3 would be brilliant if you could lose the pushchair in the background.