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First Christmas
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:56 pm
by jbtaylor
Not been taking pictures lately but have been stalking the forums. My Niece asked me to come take pictures of her husband and 4 month old baby. I suck at flash but love natural light shallow DOF opportunities. Here are a few taken with the 135 1.8 ZA and the a900. All shots @ f.2.
Enjoy.

Re: First Christmas
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:08 pm
by aster
Hi JBTaylor, : )
The first one is immensely cute..There's the suggestion of a big smile. He's a bit 'questioning' in the second and the third...
The light colour is very warm and nicely reflected in his eyes.
Yildiz
Re: First Christmas
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:45 pm
by jbtaylor
Thanks Yildiz.
He was convincing himself that he should be unhappy.
I learned quite a bit though and would do it again if offered the opportunity.
Re: First Christmas
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:09 pm
by Dr. Harout
Cute baby.
Are you sure of the colors? I am noticing a purplish hue (or is it my LCD?)
I am trying to have decent colors indoor without any flash (really hard, I assure you) specially under econolamps with warm light...
Re: First Christmas
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:42 pm
by jbtaylor
Not seeing any purple from my end. I did move the color temperature towards the cool side but that was to neutralize the orange that always comes from indoor light absent flash.
BTW, these were iso 1699 with a little noise ninja applied. Some of the shots were exposed enough not to require any noise reduction.
Re: First Christmas
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:48 pm
by Dr. Harout
My bad, I should've said orange cast, sorry.
Re: First Christmas
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:59 pm
by Greg Beetham
I agree with the cute baby and nice photos for the ISO and lighting conditions, I'm not a huge fan of not using flash to fix the WB though.
Greg