Hakko the picture of your niece at the table where she's turned around to look at the camera is one of my favourites. When ever I'm at get-togethers and there's babies/children I always try to pull off pictures like that - perfectly clear and no bluring. The ONLY thing I could possibly think of that's wrong with it is maybe a minor color issue, but I'm almost certain that's a scanning issue and could simply be corrected in PS.
The one of your two aunts, as I've told you, is definitely my fav. I just love it.
I also like your sister looking "grown up" into the camera, although I wish it was a bit more centered, which would probably have more of her head showing. Yeah, it would have been nice if the baby was looking but I don't think it was absolutely necessary. Babies are often in their own little world...
Baby with the balloon - I like the expression, it's very cute. I think I would have liked to see this more as a close up though... it would have gotten rid of a lot of the other distracting elements in the pic.
The purple sky, 11pm at night... That's really awesome and I wish I could do something like that. I THINK my shutter will only stay open for like 4 seconds though... that doesn't seem right but I've never really tried.
Cousin with sleepy son is uninteresting to me as an outsider. However, I can picture my own cousin with his son (in a few years) in that same pose and I can see how it would mean something more to you. Same with the Aunt Judy rock out pictures. Cousin with cat I feel would have been better if it were a little more straight (pull out some guidelines in PS, rotate, and crop and you can probably fix that) and if he was a liiiiittle bit closer to the camera.
The photoshopped versions of Stone Mountain are very nice. I like the dead on angle the best. And I wouldn't feel bad or anything about having to PS it - I have to all the time. Especially if I'm taking a macro of words on a paper or something. They don't stand out at all unless I do some PS work.
I like your idea behind the blurry sister picture but the background (cabinets) turn me off. You mentioned you'd like to use this technique again and I think, given the proper setting, it would definitely work.
I was going to comment on the rest but I gotta run now. I have some family up from Kentucky. Again these are just my personal opinions about the pictures. What I would have done differently. And I realize the same can be said for you Capt., I was just wanting you to be a little more specific since he asked for some CC.
