childhood fascination of little things
by notashamd

Comment by byetko:
The reflection on his back is a little distracting. 5.

childhood fascination of little things
by notashamd

Comment by autool:
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background6,
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing8,
Challenge: Does your entry meet it?0,
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 4,
Total Averaged Rating5. Autool

childhood fascination of little things
by notashamd

Comment by mcrael:
Hope you weren't one of those that pulled the wings off.....Nice capture of the colors on the fly. However, the fly could be a little more in focus.

childhood fascination of little things
by notashamd

Comment by titotapado:
It looks fake.

childhood fascination of little things
by notashamd

Comment by focus:
Lighting for the shot is very good and you've centered the subject well.
Your title indicates to me that you were trying to convey an idea but struggled with the setting. I don't know how you could have conveyed the idea without actually having a child in the picture (which was not permitted), so if i had any advice for you, it would be- if you can't make the shot tell the story, shoot something else. I have had to let go a number of ideas because I couldn't think of a way to make it work. Being here on dpc, I have seen people who have more technical and artistic ability than I do and DID come up with a way to tell a whole story in a shot. One picture still fresh in my mind is the person that took the pencil shot that showed a bunch of stubby pencils coming out of dirt and above them the "picture" of what the pencils should have looked like. Others tried to do similar shots, but in my mind this one person told a whole story in the picture alone.

childhood fascination of little things
by notashamd

Comment by Jak:
More than a stretch without the title! 2 Jak.

childhood fascination of little things
by notashamd

Comment by Kavey:
Eeeuuw :)
Needs more focus and I don't like the background, there's something icky about it. Perhaps that's the intention?
6, Kavey

childhood fascination of little things
by notashamd

Comment by Kaz:
Needs to be sharper.

childhood fascination of little things
by notashamd

Comment by chilibonze:
i understand your attempt, but ....frankly...i dont get the child's facination.

childhood fascination of little things
by notashamd

Comment by jmsetzler:
interesting! These little guys are not easy to photograph... they like to fly away when I get too close... good shot :) - jmsetzler