Rob, Funny you should mention the background. Aubrey is a strong willed little girl and on this particular occasion, she had decided that she was *not* going to have her picture taken. She was running all over the place, making quite a racket. I resorted to having my oldest daughter hold her, while mother talked to her and played with her to get the angle right. I cropped pretty tightly to remove as much as possible and opened the aperture up to blur the background, hoping to remove all the chaos around her. I think I largely succeeded, but must be a few remaining distractions. Based on her behavior, I was very pleased to have her "pose" for this shot.
Bruce Monday, January 07, 2002, 4:31:31 AM, you wrote: RB>snip< RB> Aubrey by Bruce Dayton RB> Lovely portrait - showing real character. Background perhaps a little RB> distracting though. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .