Fragile
by mia67

Comment by L1:
Muted colors, soft focus, understated elegance. :)

B & W Collection
by mia67

Comment by 777STAN:
Great Photo! It reminds me of my parenting experience...Just a little in the dark. :}

B & W Collection
by mia67

Comment by timfythetoo:
Cool shot. I love how is face is in the shadows but the light explodes out the side. Has a cool artsy feel to it.

B & W Collection
by mia67

Comment by Melethia:
I had commented on your other one then it disappeared when I hit post! :-) I don't mind the background at all - I think instead it plays a good supporting role to balance the light/dark on the face.

B & W Collection
by mia67

Comment by SandyP:
Mia!!!! I haven't seen your babies in such a long time. He is so cute and so BIG! What a beautiful flawless face!

B & W Collection
by mia67

Comment by pawdrix:
I like it a lot. I looks kinda candid which gives the shot an authentic feel. Lately I've been trying to avoid heavy shadows because I always get a 50%/50% response from the love/hate camps.

B & W Collection
by mia67

Comment by Bernard_Marx:
Really interesting light play.

B & W Collection
by mia67

Comment by bassbone:
a beautiful child captured so well - i love the light coming from the side to emphasize the eye without having to 'pimp it' - i am not a huge fan of the background on the left - it seems to draw too much of my eyes attention

B & W Collection
by mia67

Comment by total_novice:
The lighting really works here normally the inability to see the right eye would drive me mad but here it just draws focus onto the left.

I personally prefer this crop to a tighter one. If you crop tight to the face you'd have a little patch of white on the left that is distracting.
However in this crop the white isn't distracting and helps define the edge of his face.

B & W Collection
by mia67

Comment by Bud:
I love the strong directional light. I wonder what this would look like cropping it in tightly and eliminating all of the "stuff" on the left side of the image. nice work, in any case!