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by jenarom

Comment by karmat:
Good use of perspective. I really like the simplicity and contrast of the colors.

This is fun!
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Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Hi Jenarom...

This is an excellent choice of subjects for the cliche challenge. Children are photographed as much as any subject I can think of. I personally wish I had children of my own to photograph. Being single, I think I'm missing out on wonderful photo opportunities. I get to photograph my niece and nephew occasionally, and recently did some digital portraits of them for my mom for her livingroom wall... Those are here if you want to take a look:

//www.pbase.com/jmsetzler/portraits

I like the composition of your portrait.. the diagonals of the swing chains and the right side orientation of the child create a good perspective for the viewer in this shot :)

It looks like you were dealing with some fairly direct sunlight in this image as well. I don't know if it would have been an improvement or not, but firing the flash in this shot would have removed the shadows from the child's face. Fill flash is used in daylight situations to accomplish this. My Sony 707 does a nice job of this with the flash set on low power mode and I use it quite frequently for this task...

Keep up the good work :)

John Setzler

Commerce Beacon
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Comment by kandyj:
Great colors, use of framing by foliage. Like the composition and dramatic lighting. Excellent shot for perspective, good luck. 9

Commerce Beacon
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Comment by jerrft:
Nice, whatever it is

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Comment by Jacko:
That is so pretty. what is it? I really like the contrast of the blue and oragne. Good job. Jacko. 9

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Comment by justine:
Whooooie, great work. Nice. Good luck.

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Comment by Gordon:
Strongly graphic, I wish the trees were not there. The whisp of cloud, the blue sky and the red pillar would have been great, alone. The trees bring it back to reality and restore the sense of scale, which I don't know that this needs, though normally it is a good (albeit a bit cliched) way to fill in some boring sky.

Growing Up
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Comment by giraldo:
Mr J! Congrats on this, and thanks for titling it like a Peter Gabriel song.

..too bad your feet smell! :)

Growing Up
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Comment by bguerra:
Jenaro:
Muchas felicidades!!! El que persevera alcanza.



Message edited by author 2003-02-10 13:00:19.

Growing Up
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Comment by aguerra:
¡¡¡MUCHAS FELICIDADES!!!
Lo mejor de la foto son los dos Jenaros :)