Lilah

This is Lilah. Comments and ratings welcome. Thank you in advance. David

Beautiful portrait.Lovely baby. Best regards.

Thank you, Sumon. I first met her this morning. David

David... A stunning child and portrait - love the wild hair! :-) My monitor, which is suppose to be calibrated is picking up some magenta along the lower eye lids and a tad on her cheeks and fingers. What do you see there?... Regardless, very well done... Mike

 

 

Thank you Michael. You are correct. A magenta hue in the dress as well. I reduced the effect slightly. She is so pale, the color balance is fragile. Minor adjustment one place and something goes wrong elsewhere, and I masked, and masked and masked. Stopping for now and will come back to it another time. Thanks again. David

couldn't agree more with Michael about the child portrait being stunning!

 

If i look real hard i 'see' some magenta along the lower eyelid of her right eye, more pronounced at a corner; no idea about my monitor's calibration status... but the magenta thing doesn't bother me really, doubt if i would have noticed it on my monitor... what does bother me is the tightness of the crop on her two sides... bottom left corner above her elbow curves in at the bottom of the frame with perhaps too thin a border, bottom right i see a sunk V with a very thin slice of green...

I think it's absolutely beautiful as is.

Great shot!

In response to a few comments, for discussion, modified to tone down red, add blue to eye whites, and crop.

been comparing both on my comp. -- i think i'd stick with the original...

Un retrato precioso,con una expresion captada fabulosa,ademas de unos colores fantasticos,muy buena definicon y composicion.

Enhorabuena y un saludo.Ramon.

David....fantastic Portrait!!!!............simply angelic child! Everything about her speaks of a 'young beauty' and your processing makes this an even more 'appealing' and 'candid' shot. Whether she was posing or not....great expression....dramatic eye....love her curls...congrats...so well done! ..........(plse translate my 6's into 7's....system reg.'s)...sincerely, Gail

Ramon: Gracias por sus comentarios amables. Los aprecio mucho. David

 

Gail: Thank you for your kind words. I'm having a lot of fun, and it's nice to see that it inspires others. I very much appreciate your interest. David

What beautiful child!! Great job capturing her stunning eyes and expression. I think the original is just fine the way it is. I also like the tight crop. Great work!

The expression and style are timeless and engaging. I like your B&W conversion, but I think your color version here is excellent for capturing the full freshness and life of the child. Puts me in mind of spring, wonder, and innocence. Artistically, I think the closer crop is indeed a stronger composition, but if I were the parent, I would prefer the original for the fuller sense of person and place. Best Regards, Jerry

Philip and Jerry, Thank you so much for your wonderful comments. I am grateful for your time and kind words. David

Believe it or not, I spent at least fifteen minutes looking at this cute creature with her beautiful blond curles and those blue eyes looking a little bit distrustful! Kids have a lot to show to the photographer and they so candid do, beauty, joy, innocence, curiosity and dubiety...those things which make all of your efforts worthwhile!

 

Thanks for your recent visits and nice comments, by the way! Ciao!

 

PDE

It doesn't get much better than this David - a beautiful portrait. She'll keep this one forever I'm sure!