I need some PP critiquing - Wife and Daughters

[theantiquetiger]

The portrait is for my Mother in Law.

My wife's cleavage went about four inches below where it is now, I did a lot of cloning of the shirt.

Anything I am missing?
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5505/10751511083_6ae0743670_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/10751511083/)
maddymorganstacy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/10751511083/) by Theantiquetiger (http://www.flickr.com/people/theantiquetiger/), on Flickr


Second re-touch. Does the wood above Maddy's hair look bad(black hair)?

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/10834569843_3f629ee71b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/10834569843/)
maddy morgan stacy redo2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/10834569843/) by Theantiquetiger (http://www.flickr.com/people/theantiquetiger/), on Flickr


And FYI, here is the RAW version (untouched, only converted to jpeg). As you can see, my wife originally didn't like this one because of her cleavage showing. It was my wife's idea to add a tooth to Morgan.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5508/10834282125_868f264372_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/10834282125/)
maddy morgan stacy original (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/10834282125/) by Theantiquetiger (http://www.flickr.com/people/theantiquetiger/), on Flickr

[Runmonty]

Very nice shot AT. I actually looked at the original size in Flickr to try to be as critical as possible.

Just a couple of very small issues I noticed on the large version. There is a small red mark on the cheek of the daughter on the left (Maddy?-I feel I should know which is which by now) and an even smaller one below your wife's eye. These are minor, but I thought I would point it out if you wish to try spot removal.

It will depend on your personal preference but I feel you could safely crop a bit off both sides and the top if you wished.

I am no expert, but just as a general note, in my opinion your PP has improved out of sight this year.

[Bambi]

great job on the cloning. I would take some off the top- that white building is a bit distracting. When I scroll down to cut the top off the image seems stronger to me

[theantiquetiger]

great job on the cloning. I would take some off the top- that white building is a bit distracting. When I scroll down to cut the top off the image seems stronger to me

RM, I did notice the blemishes after I looked at them in original size on Flickr. They will be removed in final edit.

Darn you Bambi, now that you said that, the white sign is all I see now!!!

Something like this (granted this is just an iPhone crop)

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r198/theantiquetiger/Snapbucket/F574D24F.jpg

[Marko]

This is a lovely portrait AT - I've said this many times - great lookin' family. The skin tones in particular look very natural.

I would agree that this iphone crop serves the image better. The top section was too busy for my eye.

[Bambi]

RM, I did notice the blemishes after I looked at them in original size on Flickr. They will be removed in final edit.

Darn you Bambi, now that you said that, the white sign is all I see now!!!

Something like this (granted this is just an iPhone crop)

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r198/theantiquetiger/Snapbucket/F574D24F.jpg

ah but you will be more appreciative in the future. ;)

I like the crop. makes the shot more intimate

[theantiquetiger]

Ok, I got a stupid question...

When it comes to cropping an image I want to print, how do I maintain the 3:2 ratio in LR? If you remember the portrait I did for my mother of the 5 granddaughters, the foot of one of the girls got cut off in print because of my poor cropping. My mom will never notice it, but it bugs me.

The image above will be cropped down about 20-25% (my guestimation). I just want to make sure I don't lose anything I want. Granted this will be printed full on canvas (no gallery wrap). She wants to frame it.

I have yet to figure this out in LR because I haven't printed too many prints that were cropped down more than 5% or so (usually due to leveling).

[Bambi]

I don't know LR but if it has a 'crop' feature you should be able to set the ratio

[theantiquetiger]

Second re-edit added to original post up top.

[Bambi]

it looks good to me!

[dmp]

I like the missing tooth. When you look back at this photo years from now the missing tooth will be a story and it will provide a timestamp.

[theantiquetiger]

I like the missing tooth as well. My wife asked me to do it. It will only take about 5 seconds to remove it

[Mad Aussie]

I've come in late on this but I will say that the re-touch looks very nice. The 3 girls are as beautiful as ever! As much as I like some cleavage, the cloning was a strong move, both for her modesty and and to strengthen the photo. Man i remember when you couldn't get an eye sharp let alone take a decent portrait. You've learned a lot... Photography.ca strikes again.

[asnow]

I've come in late on this but I will say that the re-touch looks very nice. The 3 girls are as beautiful as ever! As much as I like some cleavage, the cloning was a strong move, both for her modesty and and to strengthen the photo. Man i remember when you couldn't get an eye sharp let alone take a decent portrait. You've learned a lot... Photography.ca strikes again.

I agree with with MA. You have come a long way from the first pictures you posted.