Blood eye
by dahved

Comment by shutterpuppy:
disturbing. the shallow dof really adds to the effect here. - 8

Blood eye
by dahved

Comment by elinias:
Oompfh, this just makes my stomach jump...

Blood eye
by dahved

Comment by ETphonethishome:
I kind of want contacts to make my eyes look like that. great pic. 8

Blood eye
by dahved

Comment by kiwinick:
UMM yea I thought there would be a shot or two like this in this challenge bring down the scarf over the forehead more and keep it focused thru out the oof eye is a draw away

Blood eye
by dahved

Comment by filgeo:
not nice too see,...

Mother and Son
by dahved

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: My eyes are immediately drawn to the catchlights in the child's eyes, which is initially a good thing, but the catch lights give the image an overall out-of-focus feeling, as do the other highlights on the image. This may have been a result of your post-processing. I have found, through much trial and more error, that a better result is usually yielded by running Neat Image before any sharpening is done. I'd also like to see a little more contrast to the image.

Lighting: Nicely lit, but I'd like to see the entire catch light in the child's right eye instead of it bleeding to the edge of his eyelid. I do like your use of lighting to isolate the child from the mother, thus making him the emphasized subject.

Composition/Content: I believe that your composition would be stronger if you had left his ear in the frame or either cropped a little closer to his eye.

My Opinion: Excellent job meeting the challenge. I definitely get a feeling of love as soon as the image loads. I think with more crisp focus and a little more contrast, this one would have finished even better.

Eric

Mother and Son
by dahved

Comment by trpote:
very soft image, well composed, the lighting adds to the effects

Mother and Son
by dahved

Comment by JLC:
Oh, this is wonderful! Great shot!

Mother and Son
by dahved

Comment by CapeSail:
Great Portrait

Mother and Son
by dahved

Comment by anindya:
Absolutely great moment captured!