Bon Air
by madison461

Comment by angela_packard:
10 from me....nice!

Bon Air
by madison461

Comment by marbo:
Good capture but should be cropped so horizon is level.

Bon Air
by madison461

Comment by SandyP:
What an amazing capture!

Bon Air
by madison461

Comment by michael_p:
Great capture but could be improved by straightening up the shot by cropping. The shadows also seem quite harsh.

Bon Air
by madison461

Comment by Pug-H:
For this challenge, I think you should have straightened the horizon. It wouldn't make any difference to the subject, but it affects the whole photograph.

Second Family
by madison461

Comment by madison461:
Thanks Mel and John. Mel....I don't think of this as a snaphshot but more of a candid. John, I have a hard time with lighting in a gym and shooting sports, they tend to frown on the use of a flash.

I am amazed at how many folks referred to MOM as GRANDMA....I hope my subject doesn't see this shot on here!

Thanks again!

Night Purple Haze
by madison461

Comment by RKT:
I have to say I really like the noise/grain in this image...the shallow focus is also nice...and there is just something so pretty about purple and green when they're together.

Night Purple Haze
by madison461

Comment by C-town driver:
Nice composition and DOF here. IMHO the contrasts and detail seems a tad harsh in some elements of the shot. Also, the image quality seems a little degraded. Perhaps use of neat image may have helped?

Second Family
by madison461

Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

I think this photo meets the challenge well. I believe that it probaly didn't score particularly well for several reasons. It is a good candid photo of a mother and child, but there doens't seem to be any particular 'hook' to draw the disconnected viewer into the theme. The photo also appears to be underexposed. Your monitor may be a bit on the dark side possibly, but the image is rather flat and lacks good contrast. The subjects' hair color also feels quite odd. I run into situations like this with blondes when I'm shooting sports in some of my local gymnasiums. Mercury vapor lights tend to make blone hair turn green, which may be the case here as well. You may have had to do some desaturation to correct that, but I'm not sure. Some of those details aren't included in your own description, so I'm just making guesses based on my own experience :)

John Setzler

Second Family
by madison461

Comment by melodee:
this is great even though it looks like something i would take-very snapshotish but i liked it for the snapshot feel