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by johnmk

Comment by hortopth:
excellent take on it. great lighting as well

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Comment by dsidwell:
Nice soft focus works for me. Close crop is nice, too. I'm not sure how to connect the image with the title, so it may be just a tad too ambiguous. Nice lighting, too.

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Comment by jillz:
Meets the Challenge? Not really, your title is making the viewer want to know more about your image, not the image itself.
Technical : the soft focus is nice for a young child. i like the use of side lighting as well. it creates interesting shadows on your subjects face.
Creative/Artistic : I don't really feel anything when viewing this image other than aww what a cute kid.

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Comment by anderaaron:
if it were sharper I would like it a lot more

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Comment by Swashbuckler:
Nice portrait, good color. DOF seems too limited (so much of the face seems less than tack sharp). Looks a bit grainy, too. You might want to try different camera settings, start with the ISO as low as you can get it. These portrait shots are giving me trouble with the challenge, I guess I'm just not deep enough to understand the unanswered question from this. 6 Rob the Swash

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Comment by inspzil:
Too soft, or not soft enough. A lot of noise in the skin too. It doesn't look right. A little better lighting and this would be a very very good portrait.

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Comment by STEINR:
...because I said so... or that is what my mom always said to me...nioce phote, good looking kid, i like the lighting and the compostion.

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Comment by Ruchart:
Focus seems a tad soft. Lighting is a bit strong on the left side and could use a fill or a bounce on the right.

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Comment by Alpine99:
shoe-horned a kiddie picture into the challenge title.. sorry didn't get this..

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Comment by hortopth:
would be better with the typical clear focus. NIce composition