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<blockquote data-quote="Blue_Esq" data-source="post: 488381" data-attributes="member: 36183">Thanks, everyone.&nbsp; I definitely noticed the softness and focus problems with the first shot in particular.&nbsp; I'm kicking myself for not increasing the ISO to have preserve the shutter speed.&nbsp;@<a href="http://nikonites.com/member-11881-moab-man.html" target="_blank">Moab Man</a> - Thanks for the input.&nbsp; I have gone back and reprocessed, but for some reason they would not attach this morning.&nbsp; I'll put them up later.&nbsp; I certainly see what you were talking about.&nbsp; I seem to struggle with the WB while inside the processing software.&nbsp; It always looks good to me and then seems to be totally off when it is exported.&nbsp;@<a href="http://nikonites.com/member-23493-kevy73.html" target="_blank">kevy73</a> - Thanks of the tip.&nbsp; I wasn't totally happy with the background at all.&nbsp; I had never been to that park before last night.&nbsp; I definitely don't like the car in the background.&nbsp; I chose that bench because it had some character as opposed to the other bland seating areas.&nbsp; That was probably a bad choice in retrospect.&nbsp; There were other benches where background would have been further away and, therefore, less distracting.&nbsp; I understand your point with regard to the second photo.&nbsp; I took some shots from the second location with the 50mm 1.8, at 2.8 where the tree is less distracting due to the shortened DOF, but the composition and posing was totally off.&nbsp; There was a little distortion as well.&nbsp; The 50mm works pretty well for the baby, but not so much for my wife.&nbsp; I'm going to be picking up an 85mm 1.8 pretty soon.&nbsp; Hopefully that will help me maintain the working distance, allow for the increased shutter speed and maintain a shallow DOF all at the same time.Thanks again!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue_Esq, post: 488381, member: 36183"] Thanks, everyone. I definitely noticed the softness and focus problems with the first shot in particular. I'm kicking myself for not increasing the ISO to have preserve the shutter speed. @[URL="http://nikonites.com/member-11881-moab-man.html"]Moab Man[/URL] - Thanks for the input. I have gone back and reprocessed, but for some reason they would not attach this morning. I'll put them up later. I certainly see what you were talking about. I seem to struggle with the WB while inside the processing software. It always looks good to me and then seems to be totally off when it is exported. @[URL="http://nikonites.com/member-23493-kevy73.html"]kevy73[/URL] - Thanks of the tip. I wasn't totally happy with the background at all. I had never been to that park before last night. I definitely don't like the car in the background. I chose that bench because it had some character as opposed to the other bland seating areas. That was probably a bad choice in retrospect. There were other benches where background would have been further away and, therefore, less distracting. I understand your point with regard to the second photo. I took some shots from the second location with the 50mm 1.8, at 2.8 where the tree is less distracting due to the shortened DOF, but the composition and posing was totally off. There was a little distortion as well. The 50mm works pretty well for the baby, but not so much for my wife. I'm going to be picking up an 85mm 1.8 pretty soon. Hopefully that will help me maintain the working distance, allow for the increased shutter speed and maintain a shallow DOF all at the same time. Thanks again! [/QUOTE]

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