janet Smith
pro member
Hi Everyone
Here are some of the shots mentioned in another thread, just to reiterate, this is the 5 week old first born of our friends and they are typical anxious first time parents, and did not want any flash used on her..... It was a rainy gloomy day so these had to be taken inside, using Canon 5D ISO 400 (didn't want to push it any further, I was concerned about grain) 100mm macro lens @ f4.5. I know they're not very good, but I did the best that I could.... I seated them near a window and used a gold reflector, to try and push some light back in, but they are all a little soft as I couldn't get a fast enough speed to cope with a wriggling baby with no flash, all a bit of a compromise, but they are dear friends and I wanted to try for them, so here they are, I have used PS Shadow/Highlight to try and correct some of the shadows, she also has a little rash and mottled skin.....
I am going to try again the next time we see them in a few weeks time, hopefully they will feel more comfortable about using some bounced flash then......
Before 1/30 f4.5
After some shadow/highlight correction
1/60 f4.5 I have already appiled a little correction to these two
1/25 f4.5
Any more suggestions please.....
Here are some of the shots mentioned in another thread, just to reiterate, this is the 5 week old first born of our friends and they are typical anxious first time parents, and did not want any flash used on her..... It was a rainy gloomy day so these had to be taken inside, using Canon 5D ISO 400 (didn't want to push it any further, I was concerned about grain) 100mm macro lens @ f4.5. I know they're not very good, but I did the best that I could.... I seated them near a window and used a gold reflector, to try and push some light back in, but they are all a little soft as I couldn't get a fast enough speed to cope with a wriggling baby with no flash, all a bit of a compromise, but they are dear friends and I wanted to try for them, so here they are, I have used PS Shadow/Highlight to try and correct some of the shadows, she also has a little rash and mottled skin.....
I am going to try again the next time we see them in a few weeks time, hopefully they will feel more comfortable about using some bounced flash then......
Before 1/30 f4.5
After some shadow/highlight correction
1/60 f4.5 I have already appiled a little correction to these two
1/25 f4.5
Any more suggestions please.....