Big Brother
by cloudsme

Comment by Skip:
authority figure or terrorist...it all depends on whether you've been on the bottom rung or not. lighting is a little strong, and there is (sorry to say this, but it's true in my home, too) too much clutter. i don't know what your camera's capabilities are, but if you really tightened down on the fstop and set the shutter fairly high, you could almost black out the background, keeping the light on the boys on the ladder.

Big Brother
by cloudsme

Comment by mariegbeve:
Full of colors !
Really beautiful and good idea !
What cute boys !

Big Brother
by cloudsme

Comment by KDO:
This is a brilliant visual. I like the messy room and the vibrant, competing colors. The expression on your subjects' faces says it all. The hopefulness and admiration of the little one is precious. The use of the ladder to physically show what is happening emotionally and socially between these two is genius. Amazing photo.

Big Brother
by cloudsme

Comment by smilligan:
How true!!!! No explanation needed on this one!

Big Brother
by cloudsme

Comment by gloda:
Nice idea. But there's too much confusion, too elements yoked together, no composition.

Big Brother
by cloudsme

Comment by katcocat:
I like this, nice capture of moment.

Big Brother
by cloudsme

Comment by snackwells:
Nice photo and appropriate to theme. This photo suffers from a couple of aspects.

- Could have used a more dramatic angle to improve the crop.
- Too many distracting elements such as the toys and animals scattered about on the floor.

Otherwise, interesting idea here.

Good & Plenty
by cloudsme

Comment by daisy77:
this is so great, i am sad that it didn't score better overall. definitely underrated in my view. i might break with the purists in that i LIKE the narrow DOF of many of these interesting macro shots. incidentally, narrow DOF was the thing that got most the critique on my entry...especially interesting in light of the winner's razor thin DOF. ah well.

Good & Plenty
by cloudsme

Comment by ClubJuggle:
Great product shot, and I love the choice of angle. Nicely done. 9.

Good & Plenty
by cloudsme

Comment by PhilipDyer:
I like this image a lot. The colors, composition and DOF make for a very appealing photo. You did a really nice job with this.