My daughter

[Evertking]

This is the reason I spend so much on camera gear and the love of my life.
The pic was kind of blue but when I warmed it, kinda looks like it's too much. Maybe someone here can help me out.

[LePetomane]

Cute kid.

[William W]

This is the reason I spend so much on camera gear and the love of my life.
The pic was kind of blue but when I warmed it, kinda looks like it's too much. Maybe someone here can help me out.

Well to do that (help you out that is) - we both have to be looking at the image with at least similarly Calibrated Monitors

How confident are you that yours is Calibrated to a standard?

On my Studio Monitor the image appears a little warm - but to my eye it looks nice being a little warm: but what I also see is a YELLOW CAST and that I don not like. (Yellow Cast - that's different to being "warm") - so what you might have done is move a blue / yellow slider from blue to yellow?

Another point is it might look more "warm" to you if your monitor is set warmer (or set more yellow) than mine.

Anyway, I think that I can assist in other areas: the Shutter Speed is too slow.

You definitely have Subject Motion Blur and/or Camera Movement Blur. The are tell-tale trailing and leading edge blurs on her teeth - her head is moving upwards (and/or the camera is moving downwards). As I mentioned in your other thread 1/400s would be a safer Shutter Speed for little children - BUT - as this is such a tight shot I would like to be around 1/640s or 1/800s.

The Movement Blur makes it difficult to assess if you have nailed accurate focus, you probably have: but it is difficult to assess for certain.

The Blur renders to image overall a tad SOFT, but probably could be sharpened a bit in Post Production and that will give the illusion of a sharp photo with little or no blur.

Her is a quick/rough redo rendering the allusion of sharpness, using two stage sharpening and selective Dodging and Burning on the eyes and mouth areas (that also gives the illusion of a tad of Flash Fill) and then bumped the midtone contrast a tad (again illusion of Flash as Fill); the overall image a little cooler using a 25% #80 filter and (a rough) removal of the Yellow Cast by using (subtle) Colour Correction (yellow to blue) on highlights and midtones.

The original is on the top:



The takeaway message is not about the post production - but about all the other stuff such as: appropriate Shutter Speed for conditions and best outcomes; considering fill Lighting; accurate exposure for best outcome; shooting raw; learning comprehensive raw conversion techniques - including setting an appropriate Colour Temperature; Calibrating your Monitor (and having the Monitor in a suitable location with suitable lighting . . . all this before beginning any Post Production.

WW

[rpcrowe]

Nice portrait - especially with the edit by Bill.

His edit does give the look of fill flash.

BTW: I like fill flash for just about any portrait - of dogs or of people!

I am wondering what contributed to the catchlights in her eyes?

[William W]

. . . I am wondering what contributed to the catchlights in her eyes?

Before working on the image I up-sized it: I think that there is a patch of direct brightly sun-lighted area behind the Photographer and in that area is a reflective white object, possibly a vehicle or a building.

WW