Boyby
kashiComment by vlado: Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...
Nice photo... colours are great and it's nice and sharp... handsome young man you have there. How do I (IMHO) think this image could have been better?
The horizon is a distraction... too little to be a feature really. Better to not have had it in the image, or to have had more of it to compliment the composition... perhaps up to the third line. That would have worked well with him on the third line... automatic improvement. So perhaps taking it from a slightly different angle, and or an adjustment of the crop to get that.
Another issue... lighting. Yes, it's harsh natural lighting and not much you can control, and you've done a great job considering... but just a slight rotation to avoid that touch of sun on his right cheek which I'm constantly focusing on.
Last issue... eye contact. For the composition you have here, I think some eye contact may have let the viewer connect with the subject better.
Now... all this is said purely from a technical aspect, and this little boy is a little boy, and having 3 of them myself, I know that getting all these technical ducks in a row would be a minor miracle, and I think what you've managed here given the subject matter is already enough of a minor miracle in itself.
But... hopefully, some of this is useful and helps you score better with the voters. In reality, there's more to life than what the voters think, and you have here a beautiful photo of a beautiful little boy.
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