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by daveit

Comment by claudia26:
I don't like the way the heads are cut - the lighting is nice

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Comment by dwterry:
I know the two adults aren't the subject of the photo... but it just feels really wierd that their heads are cut off. Maybe a different cropping would have helped.

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Comment by ButterflySis:
I wish the heads weren't cropped off. Tones seem a little flat. Maybe up the contrast a bit?

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Comment by swagman:
dave

It's a nice candid shot. In candids, we can't choose much of the enviroment, only the moment. You chose a good moment, and made an excellent choice of aperature and shutter speed to do as best you could with the background.

The difficulty of the shot, for me, is the combination of saturated jacket and the high contrasr of the background, pull my attention away from the subject's nice expression, which should be the focal point of the composition.

Suggestions? Desaturate the coat (have you tried B&W?), and lower the contrast of, or crop out, the upper portion of the image. I believe these suggestions would center the viewer's attention on the subject, and improve the effect of the image.

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Comment by Gabriel:
I would have prefered some darkers blacks.

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Comment by samtrundle:
This shot has such great potential - but I think you need to crop out everything but the man and the boy standing side by side - everything else is a distraction. Also the man's face is a little out of focus. Other than that this capture demonstrates you have a good eye for candid moments.

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Comment by Jeileen:
IMO this could have been more effective by either zooming in on the boy or including the head of the man to the right! Otherwise nice B&W

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Comment by NovaTiger:
This is a really neat setup. I've had shots like this where I decided to go black and white, but in this case, I'm not sure you didn't choose the better option. The blue of the hat provides a subtle amount of complimentary color that I like...unfortunately, it also helps to give "Waldo" away, but that's "Waldo's" loss, huh?

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Comment by RipRap:
bad execution of a decent idea

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Comment by graphicfunk:
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See him behind this cool glass shot. Bumping up.