A Few Portraits + 1 Landscape

Dimy · 30-04-2006 4:25pm #1

When I was in Holland two weeks ago I took the opportunity to do a little portrait photography as I don't have much experience in that area. We went into the local forests and here's a couple of the results I'm most proud of:

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And here's one bonus picture of the local area where I grew up:

Hope you like them! Comments and critique more than welcome

Thanks to my little nephew Youri and mom who were so kind to pose for the pictures.

joolsveer · 30-04-2006 4:31pm

I like them Dimy. What are they like in colour?

melekalikimaka · 30-04-2006 4:32pm

i love no. 3 , my favorite of them all. the others are all good(the last looks a bit out of focus, could be my crappy monitor tho)

Dimy · 30-04-2006 4:40pm

Hehe you're eyes are too good melekalikimaka... it was slightly out of focus indeed. I was hoping it wouldn't show up when reducing the image size :rolleyes:

Here's a color sample of #3, I prefer the Sepia tone myself:

melekalikimaka · 30-04-2006 4:46pm

the sepia looks better imo. great pics over all

Zillah · 30-04-2006 4:48pm

I really like 2, and I agree the sepia is better.

Rojo · 30-04-2006 7:12pm

I prefer the colour!

joolsveer · 30-04-2006 7:23pm

I prefer the sepia toned versions to the colour.

elven · 30-04-2006 7:37pm

I think the colour makes the boy stand out from the background more, but for me a shallower DOF and possibly even darkening the background a little would help the sepia look better.

Oh and I forgot to say, the second one is my favourite...

Dimy · 01-05-2006 4:15pm

Thanks for the suggestion on FlickR elven, I tried a square crop but didn't work for me... Talk to Fajitas, he goes nuts when you only mention the words "square crop" to him!

Hope you like the edited version, I sure do...it's definitely an improvement from the colored original!

elven · 01-05-2006 5:56pm

Awww ta, it's lovely.

Great highlights on the people. Did you soften the trees on the left? The don't seem so distracting in this shot.

I think this is even better than the others you posted.

EireRoadUser · 01-05-2006 6:04pm

Like the photos dimy ,the little fellow looks a bit like you I think and your mother too.

Dimy · 01-05-2006 6:05pm

elven wrote:

Awww ta, it's lovely.

Great highlights on the people. Did you soften the trees on the left? The don't seem so distracting in this shot.

I think this is even better than the others you posted.

Thanks, yeah I blurred the trees in the background as you suggested