Me and Dante

[[SiC]]

Not a very new photo but I'm interested in how you like the processing and so on...
Here goes:



BR,
/Zeb!

[Birma]

Hi Zeb, I really like the look of the photo, the de-saturated (un-saturated?) feel, and "grainey". The "models" are posed really nicely. I wonder if it would look better more tightly cropped around the two faces, almost the top right hand quarter of the frame.

(It seems a definite family resemblance around the eyes. )

[aster]

A candid shot worth taking seriously...It's good that you darkened the background, to lose it to the eyes of the viewer. Now the viewer is compelled to look into the expressive eyes and meet the emotion in them. The hint of colour around the faces reveal that father and son share the same eye colour which enhances the bonding.

In other simple terms, your son is a small, cute replica of yourself who's very aware and confident of your love!

Thanks for sharing Zeb,
Yildiz

[Dr. Harout]

Nice shot, but I would've done it in a mirror way, i.e. flip the picture vertically, so you go at the left end and your cute son on the right side of the shot.
And of course B&W would be nice.
But that's just me.
Dante is very cute.

[Greg Beetham]

It's different...sort of half way to sepia toning, not a bad effect actually, did you try pushing one all the way?
Greg

[KevinBarrett]

I like it! For a very casual portrait, it has excellent mechanics.

[[SiC]]

Thanks a lot for your comments!
Unfortunately work has taken a lot of time recently so not as much participation to the forum as I would wish Will try to do better soon, commenting others photos as well.

Hi Zeb, I really like the look of the photo, the de-saturated (un-saturated?) feel, and "grainey". The "models" are posed really nicely. I wonder if it would look better more tightly cropped around the two faces, almost the top right hand quarter of the frame.

(It seems a definite family resemblance around the eyes.)

Hi Birma!
As the photo is already cropped I'm not sure if I want to take it any further with my 7D being "only" 6MP, but for web publication it might work... I'll definitely consider it, thanks!
Actually I get to hear that he resembles me quite often

A candid shot worth taking seriously...It's good that you darkened the background, to lose it to the eyes of the viewer. Now the viewer is compelled to look into the expressive eyes and meet the emotion in them. The hint of colour around the faces reveal that father and son share the same eye colour which enhances the bonding.

In other simple terms, your son is a small, cute replica of yourself who's very aware and confident of your love!

Thanks for sharing Zeb,
Yildiz

Thank you Yildiz, you always have very interesting viewpoints on photos - even snapshots like this!

Nice shot, but I would've done it in a mirror way, i.e. flip the picture vertically, so you go at the left end and your cute son on the right side of the shot.
And of course B&W would be nice.
But that's just me.
Dante is very cute.

Hi Doc!
I'm not sure in what way the shot would improve from being flipped, but I guess it is personal taste. It would sure feel "wrong" for me knowing how the shot actually was taken
B&W is an idea... Let's see if I get the time to try it!
Yeah, he sure is cute.. I just hope he doesn't relize it himself for another 20 years or so... haha
Thanks!

It's different...sort of half way to sepia toning, not a bad effect actually, did you try pushing one all the way?
Greg

Pushing it all the way to sepia? No... But the photo is B&W bottom layer, with a layer of the original colour layered over it with low opacity, to get sort of high contrast / soft colour effect.

I like it! For a very casual portrait, it has excellent mechanics.

Thank you Kevin!
Casual is the word, I took the camera with flash and sat down in a corner of our kitchen - hoping to get some snaps of Dante playing. Curious as he is he quickly climbed into my lap to see what I was doing, so no other option than to hold up the camera and shoot us both.

Processing look pretty nice to me and the angle seems good as well...nice contrasty work on this one.

-Sonolta

Thank you Don!
The processing is something I've tried a couple of times and I think it works perticularly well in this image for some reason.


BR,
/Zeb!

ps. had to edit out some smileys in your quotes because of the silly "maximum 5 smileys a post" rule

[jbtaylor]

My taste are simple, and I also have little knowledge of post production techniques. So I like an unprocessed look or B&W. I think my preferences are based on my limitations.
However, the eyes are striking. No doubt about who this little guy belongs to. Question, does he get the drooling from you as well?

[aster]

Thank you Yildiz, you always have very interesting viewpoints on photos - even snapshots like this!

[jbtaylor]

BTW, what is this one eye thing? is that your signature move or is this just a coincidence with your avatar?
Hope to see more shots of the little guy.