My First Attempt on Outdoor Child Portrait
on my niece..

The most difficult to capture on a portrait shot outdoor is when the subject skin is light or Brown.. OE is unavoidable on light skin , and details will loose on brown skin..unless the subject is in a shaded portion and we use a lightform to make the hard light bounce to the subject and make it soft , that , all this factors would change..however , photoshop is one of a good alternative tools to tweak the image and give more details and reduce OE on our image as well , but it needs a lot of time to do it..and i don't have that time nor many of us here , so what i did? both of us are in a shaded portion of the house..still the details is not much on the skin tones and the eyes , but the hair details are great! I just say that to compliment myself! ha ha ha!

Condition :
partial shaded , time 5:30PM sun position almost down..

Technical Aspect :

Nikon D40 APS-CF 6.1MP
Lens : Tamron 18-200mm Asperical LD Macro lens
Apperture : Widest at 5.6 to get a good blur of the Bachground..( Bokeh)
Shutter Release : 80s
Dial Selection : M for manual mode
ISO : 400 ( you can set this in Auto )
Saturation : Enhance Mode
Noise reduction : On
Flash : Did not Fire
Tripod : No
Post processing : PCCS3
Tweak the exposure level , Crop the Image , Shadow Drop , Selective tools ( magic Wand ) to select the eye for sharp edges and a sharpen .
Sharpening Technique :
Copy layer ( control + J )
Change Layer to darken , go to Filter>Unsharpen Mask> , Set Amount at 18 Radius at 40 Threshold at 0 percentage at 100% then hit OK ,Go back change the layer to Lighten same procedure but the percentage should be 50% hit OK..then change the layer to normal..
Go to Layer>Flatten Image..and your done! Cheers!

Thank you so much for viewing!

Your niece is very beautiful child and her portrait is excellent!!! :))) ????? · 2009-09-30: 13:30

she's cute! ????? · 2009-09-30: 13:57

Good Job Rob mystic1 · 2009-09-30: 15:26

Lovely portrait!! Najeli · 2009-09-30: 16:01

what a stunning young lady! I see she gets her good looks from you, beings that she looks alot like you! all in all, you did pretty good with this shot. :-)) ????? · 2009-09-30: 16:33

Hi Rob! I had a professional photographer for a neighbour once, and I was astonished to observe her make her portrait shooting sessions in the backyard at dusk, with hardly any light left... She always had a helper who held a big shiny thing up close to the subject's face, have you tried that? atszabo · 2009-09-30: 17:21

Great shot Rob :-) ????? · 2009-09-30: 17:51

Very very cute. I like the compositon :) Karol · 2009-10-01: 01:45

great portrait!! jennye · 2009-10-01: 01:47

Stunning portrait! Superb model, bien bonita! Thank you for sharing, Leah :) dream1554 · 2009-10-01: 02:42

Her hair is lovely, you got all teh light there, it is a beautiful portrait! TIM927 · 2009-10-01: 03:04

Beautiful portrait Rob! Ryana · 2009-10-01: 06:50

good job jessicashan · 2009-10-01: 07:01

It's a beautiful portrait, Rob....very well done! lookagain · 2009-10-01: 07:39

Very beautiful young lady and a great portrait!! nirol · 2009-10-01: 07:58

Beautiful portrait.... she is a beauty and the hair looks amazing I am not a people person, too bad... smithapnair · 2009-10-01: 11:15

Beautiful portrait! SunFlower1990 · 2009-10-01: 11:33

hey Rob.. wonderful post! its a beautiful portrait and u have a cute niece.. thanks for the post processing info! soubhagya · 2009-10-01: 12:11

Beautiful :) thnx for the information mahdisafarali · 2009-10-01: 14:08

waw! stunning portrait! so cute! :) onlyricky · 2009-10-01: 16:07

lovely portrait, cute kid. ????? · 2009-10-01: 16:49

nice composition, and beautiful colors :] pluvieux · 2009-10-01: 21:56

Truly beautiful!! tfs:)) nssco50 · 2009-10-01: 22:45

beautiful portrait!!! alexpankoff · 2009-10-02: 14:01

cute girl :--) i love her eyes... ????? · 2009-10-02: 14:25

Great portrait of beautiful girl! JumiElla · 2009-10-02: 18:20

Wonderful portrait! Thanks for sharing your sharpening techniques :) Melusine · 2009-10-03: 09:20

hi rob ur shot is so gr8 cause she is a beautiful angel peace4kidss · 2009-10-03: 11:20

Wonderful portrait Rob!!! eternity65 · 2009-10-03: 13:37

Beautiful! pandka · 2009-10-03: 15:12

Nice shot of a cutie. If it was me I wouldn't be able to resist putting some little highlights in her eyes. bigjonny · 2009-10-03: 16:03

Nice portrait! lOvEly! davidcardona · 2009-10-04: 03:37

I've never sharpened a photo with layers before. I'll have to try that. Lovely portrait, Rob. ????? · 2009-10-04: 22:54

Beautiful girl and portrait. Iringo · 2009-10-05: 02:02

Tender and very well captured. Nice work here Rob :) ????? · 2009-10-05: 16:02

Lovely portrait!!! I love the way you captured her...great work :)) lynnsgallery2 · 2009-10-06: 22:56

nicely done...very precious girl pammydaisy · 2009-10-07: 09:23

Very nice portrait, Rob. :) ????? · 2009-10-07: 12:53

Well done!! I agree with you take a picture in outdoor can be hard and need more attention.... Aghdam · 2009-10-08: 04:14

Really beautiful portrait! avalon · 2009-10-08: 11:26

Nice portrait Rob... snapshoot · 2009-10-08: 19:57

lovely portrait. thanks for sharing the image and the details miltonjacob · 2009-10-10: 17:27

its very good.... very nice portrait Rob sandyk · 2009-10-13: 20:10

Beautiful little girl! Nice job! tbranscum · 2009-10-14: 14:56

SIMPLY FANTASTIC mojaroo · 2009-10-14: 20:10

Good portrait ! Shaparak · 2009-10-16: 21:49

great shot kodachromelives · 2009-10-16: 22:08

Your niece is very beautiful. Lovely portrait. ????? · 2009-10-17: 09:58

hey Rob! maybe this is your first attempt on outdoor child portrait, but i shud say tht its really fantastic....... ashika · 2009-10-20: 07:23

Very sweet! ;) ????? · 2009-10-21: 15:51

is she going to school? her clothes look like an uniform Kisia · 2009-10-27: 15:17

She's cute, I like how shs's dressed :) However this portrait is great ! Balladina · 2009-11-02: 11:39