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Another of our friends’ baby son; 6 Mar 2014.
Light was from a bay window, with open blinds – I love working with simple, natural lighting like this – and its completely free too!!! I’ve never tried studio lighting, and if I can at all avoid it, I stay away from flash. Natural lighting is the thing – and with something like this wonderful (macro) lens, it really rocks! I’ve also never tried using reflectors, and they’re something I must have a go at.
There is another image from this session here. And another here.
D700 with 105mm Nikkor; 12,800 ISO; Dfine 2; Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the Fine Art Process preset.
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Natural light is the best light! Keep it simple. 🙂
Such a wonderful portrait, so cute!
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I’m very pleased that you like it, Malin! And that’s part of the mantra you and I share, isn’t it >>> “Keep it simple”! Adrian
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Yes, we like it simple, my friend. 🙂
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Lighting shmighting! This child would be adorable in the dark! Precious, Adrian. Just precious.
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Your first two words are somehow very you! 🙂 I’m glad you like the shot – I do have one of my grand daughter from Saturday’s visit, and will post it in due course. Hope you’re fine and dandy again. A
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You do such nice work with young folks’ portraits, Adrian. Love how you captured his liquid eyes!
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I appreciate that, Gary – thank you! A
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Lovely portrait Adrian. I agree with you. I’m not a real fan of flash, though sometimes it is needed and I am trying to get the hang of it, slowly.
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Thanks for your appreciation, Dave, glad you like it! Adrian
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I was surprise to see the 12800 ISO and no noise effect on the photo ………. beautiful capture
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Thank you, Nelson, glad it gets to you! There is noise in the original image, mostly in the darker areas I think, but I’ve reduced it using Nik Software’s Dfine 2 programme. I can certainly recommend Dfine2, and also Nik’s Silver Efex Pro 2, for working with black and white images. Thanks again. Adrian
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I will certainly have a look at this software because the results is quite interesting …. thanks
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Lovely.. getting used to you or the camera or maybe both ! 😀
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Thanks, Helen, glad you like it! 🙂
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