The light between sunrise and the moon: Candlelight
by moonjeong

Comment by nlghttrain:
Im not sure this really fits the catagory its a nice capture but it isnt candellight

The light between sunrise and the moon: Candlelight
by moonjeong

Comment by jpdeloof:
nothing of such as the natural light beautiful composition

The light between sunrise and the moon: Candlelight
by moonjeong

Comment by C_Steve_G:
Unfortunately, candlelight does not create the impact in your photo.

Sunrise in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo
by moonjeong

Comment by jpdeloof:
beautiful lying of sun, but I believe that it would have had more punch if the photograph had been taken with the horizontal one.

Sunrise in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo
by moonjeong

Comment by AzCKelly:
Wow, Nicely done. Love the ripples in the water, really adds texture. The only thing I would suggest is to shoot this using landscape vs. portrait. It seems too 'contained' otherwise.

Sunrise in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo
by moonjeong

Comment by casm:
nice shot. beautiful

Sunrise in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo
by moonjeong

Comment by LaMerry:
Great focousing!

Sunrise in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo
by moonjeong

Comment by Falc:
The absolute rule for these sort of images is that you have to have a huge depth of field. Focus should be sharp from the very bottom to the very top. Use a high f number to get the smallest apperture that you can.

So young and delicate...
by moonjeong

Comment by CEJ:
Hello from the Critique Club!

I have studied your image and have thew following to offer:

Composition/perspective - your use of negative space the having your subject fill the entire bottom half of the photo work real nice together. The synergy makes the photo real and not just another 'baby' shot. The focus is a little soft but it does not hurt the image much. The DoF is well controlled as the forground, although a but fuzzy, is not so far out that it becomes a distraction. Taking the shot at her level really works as well. A top down shot would not be as good and would appear flat in my opinion.

Color - this is where the image falls short I think. It has a distinct yellow tinge to the whole image. Perhaps a white balance adjustment in post processing or a levels/color/hue adjustment would have helped. The small splash of red is ok, the hair is ok, it is the skin tones and general background that give it a distinct yeollow tint. This may have been due to lighting in which an adjustment to the white balance in camera would have eliminated that.

Lighting - this appears to have been shot with just the ambient lighting and no flash. On camera flash may have helped this some along with white balance (see above). There are no blown out areas or really dark shadows which also leads me to believe it was simply camera settings that let this down.

Challenge requirements - the expression of being completely at ease in this shot is one of the strongest aspects. It is also his/her (?) expression that lends itself to the theme of 'delicate.' In my opinion if she was awake it would not have that same feeling. Nice capture of the mood to express the theme.

Overall/my opinion - the lighting was the biggest detractor in this image. Although the subtle lighting makes it work on some levels, the overall yellow tint to the image hurt it. It is a beautiful capture that some processing could probably make even stronger. I would not can the photo, but I would work on it in an editor for sure. Your perspective and eye for the moment are clearly demonstrated here. I am sure we will all be graced with more images of this child as it grows.

What is going on back there?
by moonjeong

Comment by RiderGal:
*Critique Club*

First off does it fit the challenge? Yes I think it does... although I didn't vote on that specific challenge because I had some difficulties wrapping my head around the challenge subject. However I think that this does.

Now on to the specifics of the photo.

Compositionally it looks pretty good... Although I think that I would have liked to have seen possibly a little more cropped off both the top and the left side of the image so that the subject really filled the frame.

In terms of where you were standing I'm wondering if you might have been able to get down more on her level to shoot up slightly to get more of her face? and maybe just to the right? although of course with a candid it's a little more difficult to be this picky.

Good dof, blurring out the background... very important as too much of the background really would have taken our eyes away from the main subject.

In terms of colors and it looks perhaps a tad light... but you do have all the textures etc. in it, so I think it's ok. I would have perhaps like to see this in black and white?

The image maybe looks a TAD soft... applying a bit of unsharp mask at the end might have helped, because compression can do that to you. Unless you like the softness as it is a child who is the subject.

Overall really nice image... just a couple of things with that extra cropping might have made it that much better (IMHO). You have a gorgeous subject here, and should have lots of fun shooting her as she gets older.

-Talya