Saying Goodbyeby
arati_halbeComment by ambaker: Critique Club Review:
Rule of thirds, is basically the center of attention should be along one of the imaginary lines, that would run across the photo if you divided it into thirds vertically and horizontally.
The eye here, is drawn to your son's eye, which is in the center of the photo. (not along one of those imaginary lines) As with most rules, sometimes breaking the rules gives a better result. However, the challenge is rule of thirds, and your score probably suffered some because of this.
As far as this photo goes...
Color, saturation, and hue are very good. Skin tones are very good. Brightness and contrast are good as well.
Focus is good. I would liked to have seen a little shallower depth of field. A soft background would really emphasize your son.
As you already mentioned, a complete hand would have helped a lot, and probably included the full latch on the gate, which currently runs out of the frame and distracts a little bit.
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