He Leads, I Follow
by beamsclan

Comment by lindaruthe:
I love the mood of this picture and how it captures innocent an boyhood in many ways. This trusting lad seems to have a bit of self-pride as well as a good friend.

He'll maybe never know that others in many countries around the world are sneaking a peak into his life. The colors and composition are light-hearted, yet his eyes seem have a bit of "seriousness" about music or having his photo taken. I wonder, did he break out laughing after the photo was taken?

Comfort or style? .... vanity wins every time.
by beamsclan

Comment by NikkiB:
Style!

Comfort or style? .... vanity wins every time.
by beamsclan

Comment by doctabrez:
A great pic!
one of the great decisions that u make in daily lifa!
highly conforms to the challenge!
keep it up!
An 8 to u!

Wind Effects
by beamsclan

Comment by tazza:
This is stunning! I love the light and pattern on the dune. I think it would look even better without the tree, just the dune and the sky but that's just me! Good luck

Sand Boarder Face Plant
by beamsclan

Comment by ergo:
congrats on the finish. The hair, swirling around, stood out for me here.

Wind Effects
by beamsclan

Comment by Bear_Music:
This is quite beautiful and well-seen. I have two nits, basically:

1. There's visible evidence of oversharpening all along the horizon on the left. There are zeveral ways to fix thisin PS, including just using less sharpening; I don't think the image needs to be this sharp, certainly not in the sky/tree area. You could have made a selection of the foreground dune only and just sharpened that area very profitably.

2. The placement of the tree is distinctly arbitrary, it leaves an area to the right that's quite uncomfortable to my eye. I have tried cropping out half of that area, bringing the right edge closer to the tree, and IMO this improved the composition dramatically.

Regardless, it's a strong entry and I hope it does well.

Wind Effects
by beamsclan

Comment by Montereykiddo:
I don't like the crop on the tree. Looks like a pretty blue sky....use it!

Comfort or style? .... vanity wins every time.
by beamsclan

Comment by tolovemoon:
A defanate decision...10.. I love the perspective here.. A good view of all the shoes and what she is doing and she is making a great expression..

Wind Effects
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Comment by Beetle:
nice !!!!!!! I love the composition, the subdued colors and of course the lighting due to your careful choice of time of day.

Wind Effects
by beamsclan

Comment by arngrimur:
I like the colours and the composition. The choice of viewpoint is excellent, but I am not sure about if cropping of the top of the tree to fullfill the rule of thirds is better for the photo. Anyway this is one of the best in the challenge -9