Saturday, August 29, 2009

Vacation Portrait

Today's post is a quick impromptu portrait of my daughter Emma. We took this under a bridge on the San Antonio River Walk near the Hyatt last weekend.

Title: "Emma in San Antonio"


Shot data: 1/13s f/2.8 at 33.0mm iso640
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing tools: Photoshop CS3 > Topaz Adjust plugin
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6 comments:

  1. Jan KlierAugust 29, 2009 at 4:36 PM

    It's a very nice photo. She pops right out.

    I assume you did a fair amount of Photoshop on the skin? For a portrait it look a bit to clean, almost unnatural.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 30, 2009 at 10:54 AM

    What a beautiful girl in a beautiful setting. MIL

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  3. AnonymousAugust 30, 2009 at 11:33 AM

    Really nice job on the exposure Barry. Her eyes draw you in to the picture.

    DHaass

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  4. Barry ArmerAugust 30, 2009 at 4:13 PM

    Thanks Jan, MIL and Doug!

    Jan - I applied the "Simplify" preset on the Topaz Adjust plugin to the skin to smooth out blemishes. Looking back at the original file I see that I may have pushed it a little to far (75% opacity on the "Simplify" layer would probably have been better). Thanks for the feedback!

    Cheers!
    Barry

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  5. Larry J. PatrickSeptember 3, 2009 at 4:46 PM

    Very nice portrait. I like the lighting on Emma and the background. I do wish that she was facing into the frame and the fountain rather than facing out. Really good job.

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  6. Barry ArmerSeptember 4, 2009 at 8:52 AM

    Thanks Patrick!

    I agree that it would have been an improvement in the composition to have had Emma face the other direction. I can't remember the location well enough to know if it would have been an improvement in the light or not though. I prefer to think I took advantage of the best light rather than thinking I screwed up the composition! :-)

    Cheers!
    Barry

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