Just a Country Girl

Adorable child and expression, great light on her face, lovely composition with her coming into the frame, her hands nicely placed to show some energy that matches her lively expression, and she is quite well composed. I like a toy in the picture, but the green truck is not well placed for me, prefer that it was not partially blocked by her. The green ground with the pink outfit also does not seem particularly complimentary to me. After admiring her, I wondered what it would look like in black and white or sepia, as taking out the color could put even greater emphasis on her very appealing expression and pose.

Thanks for stopping by, Ben. Maybe I'll try this in B&W and see how it looks. Personally, I kinda liked the dull green of the carpet contrasting with the bright green of the truck, and then to the pink - but, hey, to each his own. My wife is not enamored of my color combinations sometimes, either.

 

Hope all is well with you. Strange times on Pnet these days, with all the admin changes in secret.

 

Thanks again, and best regards,

 

Barry

Here's a B&W version.

and here's a sepia version - although I'm not too good with sepia

hey, I like the sepia, it gives it a certain charm, don't you think? Laurie Meehan-Elmer taught me a simple sepia toning method by the way in photoshop, which is to convert the photo to black and white and then use color balance (note that you should consider adjusting not only midtone, but also shadows and highlights). I generally add about 2/3rds yellow to 1/3 red in midbalance and highlights, am a little lighter on the touch for shadow. Also, here, it appears that you may have used unsharp mask to sharpen. The line of her face seems a little oversharp to me -- I sometimes sharpen in a layer mask and avoid the edges of the object to prevent that look. If I'm off base, forgive me.

 

Yes, pnet seems to be in the midst of some significant challenges, but out of challenges come opportunities. I'm hoping for a site with improved interactivity. Not taking many photos myself these days, but I enjoy coming by now and again and saying hello. Where would I be without your joie de vivre to remind me once in a while of the good things in life?

Ben,

I had to re-size the photo to post the B&W and sepia ones in the critique, so I did sharpen them a little - seemed to look a little sloppy otherwise, but seems to be a little over-done, I admit. But that was just for illustration purposes. The original looks better.

 

Hope to see you around from time to time. I'm taking a lot of photos these days, but mostly people pics, which are not favorites of Pnetters.

 

Best Regards,

 

Barry

I like the original best. The color tones compliment each other and babies complexion. Very sweet.

Thanks, Mary - so do I. A boost for the confidence. I appreciate you stopping by.

 

Best Regards,

 

Barry

Barry, simply adorable baby, B/W is not bad, but natural colors are for me. she has great eyes, sweet face and I like the hat!. I like as well the different greens which are enhancing the color range, very good light and skin tone, not easy task at that age but result is unbelivable good.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by, Pnina. I always appreciate your visits. Hope all is well.

 

Best Regards,

 

Barry