SmugMug > popular all-time > 11-08: Friday afternoon I took a walk along the river near a place called Legacy Park in Fort Collins. I had never been ther e before and I found it to be another very beautiful and peaceful place!
SmugMug > popular all-time > "Those Eyes"
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While walking through my kids TV room last night I noticed a great beam of natural sunlight coming through the front window as the sun was going down and then saw my daughter Alexa's eyes catching the light as well. So I made her get off the couch (I know I'm a terrible Dad LOL) and had her stare out of the window. I should have went to get my 50mm Nikkor or 90mm Tamron for this Portrait to get a sharper image but I was lazy and stuck with the 18-200 VR that was on the body but I think it did a fine job, impressed me really. When seen as large as possible you can see each individual eye lash reflected on her retina, pretty cool!

I then hit this with my normal Portraiture work flow & slight glamour treatment, removed a bunch of small hairs in between the nose, shaped her brows and did some very minor burning to bring out her cheek bone a little bit and that's it. The shadow is all natural just using proper exposure settings and shooting tight to prevent any of the background in the room from showing. Alexa's eyes are usually a nice blue but she was wearing a purple shirt which turns them a wild greenish aqua blue seen here. She's my favorite model and loves to have her photo taken so we both make out on the deal whenever I want to do a portrait to keep my skills sharp ;) I like this one so much I'll be ordering it in a large format lustre print or possibly a canvas to hang on my office wall! ~I just love my kids ~
Hope you all like it, Have a Great Day everyone !

PS: This image has been the #1 Rated photo on my site since it's post date. Please click on the 'Green Thumbs Up' sign over the image if you agree to keep it rated #1 

~Bill~
SmugMug > popular all-time > Lake Mungo photo
SmugMug > popular all-time > Lake Mungo sunrise, Wentworth NSW
SmugMug > popular all-time > Nocturne: Shot at ISO 6400 with Canon's amazing new 1D Mark IV
SmugMug > popular all-time > "The Foggy Lake"
I couldn't decide on which version of this image I wanted to put up today so instead of going nuts I decided to place them BOTH in my daily gallery since I was a day behind on my listings anyway. This is the COLOR version that has been processed using NIK COLOR EFEX PRO 3 and then adding some minor Contrast & sharpening. The B&W version of can be seen as the next image in this gallery or if you can here by way of the Daily main page you can CLICKING HERE

Let me know which one YOU like the best !

Enjoy Folks !
Bill Pador
SmugMug > popular all-time > Lake Mungo photo
SmugMug > popular all-time > "Magical Light" by eric_the_web. Winner, Dgrin Challenge 81, "What's Going On?"You can see the rest of the challenge entries here.
SmugMug > popular all-time > Clarkes Landing at Sunrise

Just 2 miles from my house at the end of the road. Overlooking the Patuxent River at the confluence of Cuckold Creek, Nat's Creek, and Mill Creek. The sun is rising over the Governor Thomas Johnson Memorial Bridge, which crosses the Patuxent onto Solomon's Island in Calvert County.
Lake Mungo sunrise, Wentworth NSW
 > Lake Mungo sunrise, Wentworth NSW
Lake Mungo sunrise, Wentworth NSW
Photo by: Andrew Falcke • see photo in gallery

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