Thinking Of You
by cools98

Comment by KiwiShotz:
::: Critique Club :::

We love our kids like nobody else and we love our kids photos like nobody else can. So don't be surprised that it didn't blue. Having said that, this is a great image for the card!

Firstly, he has that wonderful far-away expression (probably thinking "has she finished yet?" ... LOL). The desat of the colour also works. It gives the image a sort of meancholy look which I feel is very appropriate to the subject and challenge. In terms of a commercial card, kids sell. So for all sorts of reasons, yes the image did deserve to score higher. That it didn't I believe is not a reflection on what it would sell like.

If there is any fault I can find with it , it might be in the lighting. It is well lit, maybe too well lit. I suspect you used the on-camera for some fill? The result often of this is a flattening of an image because all the shadows are gone. If its not fill flash then it is maybe half a stop overexposed.

To ribbon? I dislike the option of having to create a wow factor just for the sake of a score when you already have something that does the job it set out to do. I would try a little thirds in the composition whcih would mean moving him down and right in frame until the gross between his eyes fell on the top right thirds intersecting lines.

Brett

Message edited by author 2005-10-06 01:57:57.

Fields of Gold
by cools98

Comment by Minstrel:
thank you for sharing this beautiful corner of your world

Fields of Gold
by cools98

Comment by arngrimur:
A beautiful scene.
I think there should be exceptions in the rules for panoramic format shots that allows them to be 800 pixel wide. I can imagine that this looks brilliant full screen.

Fields of Gold
by cools98

Comment by AzCKelly:
Wow, great landscape shot.

Fields of Gold
by cools98

Comment by Diana:
The picture is beautiful but the crop is all wrong .
640 X 480 or 640 X 427 is the best size

Thinking Of You
by cools98

Comment by tuffy:
I really like this, great pose, full of emotion.

Thinking Of You
by cools98

Comment by mandyturner:
this is great!

Thinking Of You
by cools98

Comment by Beach_mel:
Very nice emotive feel but a little soft on focus.

Thinking Of You
by cools98

Comment by Tallbloke:
This seems like a very likeable and well taken family portrait but I cant see it doing well as a sellable greeting card.

Thinking Of You
by cools98

Comment by JeremyFleury:
Nice capure, I don't really like the desat of this picture. I really don't know what I would have done diferent. But to me it seems a little to dreary.