Mother & Son (56k warning)

Borderfox

Took a few shots of a friend and her son, real cute kid. Went to the playground and tried a few different shots. C&C welcome

sineadw

I like the first for its movement, and the last two for the expressions on their faces The third is lovely too.. The first one makes me feel dizzy! Nice capture.

The one thing I would say - the second one - I would have tried to frame it so that building and lamp weren't in the background. Its a small thing though.

Borderfox

Thanks sineadw, always trying to think of clean background when I did it. I was on the roundabout for the two shots going green!

Zillah

Love the spinning, great idea.

thebaz

Zillah wrote:

Love the spinning, great idea.

second that -- great idea , and great shot

Fenster

Focus is way soft in #'s 2, 3 and 4. I know you practically have to sedate a child in a playground to get them to hold still, but it's a bit dissapointing when the panning shots are actually so sharp. :]

Still, I like the composition in them all.

Borderfox

I used one shot for all these pictures, maybe I will use Servo in future and just change the focus point when needed. I only had my 350D with a Sigma 18-50 f2.8 (no HSM on this one and I think the focussing is the main thing that lets it down) . Thanks Fenster I rekon it will be replaced with something else by August. Good practice taking kids pictures though. I must try my 85mm f1.8 next time. Thanks to everyone for the comments

Fenster

Just from my own experiences, you can get more from a wide-angle close up than from a portrait lens from a distance.

Borderfox

good point Fenster.