Child Photo Competition 2014 No 2 : Entry Number 239

Pure, honest and lively. A great portrait of a girl! I like the soft colors and the light composition.

David Scarbrough, Houston, TX. This is our neighbor's beautiful daughter who agreed to have her photo taken. She had just woke up from a nap so her hair was still mussy and her eyes dilated. This was a few years ago and she's still as lovely as ever. The lighting is natural light coming through an entry way window. The background is a large print of a flower painting by Van Dael, it made for a nice blurred background. I used a Canon 5D and a Canon 100mm macro lens. ISO 500, F3.2, 1/80 Very little post processing as the shallow DOF let the focus fall off nicely to emphasize the eyes.