In Grandma's Arms
by Lipstudios

Comment by LalliSig:
Greetings from the critique club :)

I didn´t vote in this challenge but if I had I probably would have given it a 5 and moved on to the next challenge. I do like the moment you captured, the lighting and composition is pretty good. However, the dark areas are kind of too dark for my taste in regards to the tonal range of the rest of the photo, they are just dragging too much attention to them, the first thing I looked at when seeing this picture were the upper and lower left corners of the photo and not their faces. I also find the sharpness and contrast in this image lacking for my taste, I would want to see a stronger contrast (I usually do in b/w photos) and definately a sharper photo.

What I would suggest in post processing would to use something like shadow highlights to seriously brighten up the darker areas, then use something like curves or whatever you personally like to increase contrast and then after resizing, sharpen it with whatever tool you prefer. This would have improved your score significantly, I am sure.

Again, the rest is pretty good and the moment is gold.

Kind regards from Iceland, Lárus.

In Grandma's Arms
by Lipstudios

Comment by Tammer:
Very sweet image. On one hand I like the softness of it, then again I wonder how this would look just a bit sharper and greater contrast.

In Grandma's Arms
by Lipstudios

Comment by LaRee:
Ok, tugging at my heart-strings is a sure fire way to get a high score from me. ;) What a heart warming image!

In Grandma's Arms
by Lipstudios

Comment by lovethelight:
could be a bit sharper, but i love the composition. beautiful and natural

In Grandma's Arms
by Lipstudios

Comment by LanndonKane:
a bit soft

In Grandma's Arms
by Lipstudios

Comment by Ben:
Can't seem to find an area of sharp focus, maybe it was your intention for the picture to be soft, but i would of preferred one of their eyes perhaps to be nice and sharp.

In Grandma's Arms
by Lipstudios

Comment by JLC:
Ah, nice. Good lighting on both of them. Great work! Love the black and white.

Flying Thru Space and Time
by Lipstudios

Comment by mknace:
nice motion captured

Flying Thru Space and Time
by Lipstudios

Comment by JLC:
Intersting work. The color are nice, it does give the feel of flying through space.

Flying Thru Space and Time
by Lipstudios

Comment by Patsfan:
Nice shot.