happy guy
by Lelez

Comment:
Pity about the glare on the right lens blocking his eye contact. Otherwise his joy definitely comes through the photo. I imagine he's singing a banana jingle, "Bananas! Banannnanaaas... I got banannnaaaas for sale!" Does that market only sell bananas? That's all I see, heh.

ritual
by whiteroom

Comment:
Way too good to be this low. There's just enough clarity to understand what's going on, but just few enough to keep the individuals a mystery.

Bedtime
by Nuzzer

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Bedtime is scary! The wisps definitely look like something ghostly, but he doesn't look too spooked. Probably because teddy is there to protect him, eh?

Morning stretch routine
by HighNooner

Comment:
A lovely solid image. Great shadows and tones.

Dawn somewhere between LA and Melbourne
by millsa

Comment:
Way to make use of the engines. A shot of just the view would be lovely, but the engines somehow complete the photo for me. I'm not a plane buff or anything, it's just a compositional/interest thing I think.

Path to a Dream
by senor_kasper

Comment:
Wow, that's an incredible location. I like that you chose to keep the subject a mystery. The whole image works well.

Rainy Day Poetry
by Techo

Comment:
Awesome!

I think you pretty much nailed a scene I've been been wishing I could shoot for awhile. There's a great low hanging tree by my work that always has drips on it like this. The scene behind it is unfortunately just a parking lot. Thanks for showing me how it's done!

My What Big Red Eyes You Have
by scooter88

Comment:
Great use of selective desaturation. Love your composition also.

Get Lost - It's Mine!
by GregoryB

Comment:
lol perfect title. Nice closeup.

Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway. -John Wayne
by ahjenny

Comment:
One of the tricks to glare is actually more light. The reason you get glare is because you're trying to expose for the darker areas of the subject whether you realize it or not. If you give those darker areas their own light you don't have to push your highlights to the max. For shots like these, you might want to make your own little light tent, which diffuses harsh light and spreads a nice soft light all over.

To your comment about the left ribbon being out of focus, it's not really. Your focus is great. The reason it seems that way is because it's out of the Depth of Field. You chose f/3.5 for this shot, which gives you a pretty narrow "DOF". If you were to bring that up to say f/8, the ribbon would be in the DOF also. Keep in mind that in doing that you'd need to increase the amount of light too by one more more ways; slower shutter speed, increased ISO, increased exposure compensation, or simply more light from your light source (gogo light tent!).

And for Rule of Thirds... meh, close enough! Maybe the angle of the left one is leaning too much to the right side? It's a simple straight forward, level shot, so if anyone is complaining about Rule of Thirds, they're probably being too picky. Yes, there is ways to make subjects like this have more impact. You can angle them differently, or lift them off the table and give them a fancy backdrop (hold them to a stormy sky, etc). I see this as a product shot though, and those are generally just as you have it.