Stayed to take a look
by sfmorris

Comment by kanaj:
I would find the framing more convincing if you cropped just a little higher on the bottom edge to remove that distracting green tuft down there. Overall, though, very nice.

Stayed to take a look
by sfmorris

Comment by faery:
What a beautiful world we live in...lovely composition with the doe to the left and the greeness of the tree filling the space.

Stayed to take a look
by sfmorris

Comment by Jason_Cross:
Great pose, and it worked having the diffrent colors behind the deer. A little shallower DOF might have been nice. Maybe. Good work. 6

Stayed to take a look
by sfmorris

Comment by samtrundle:
Very cute - a nice catch. The light is perhaps a bit flat - and stops this shot from really grabbing the viewer. 5

Candy Cane
by sfmorris

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Nice capture and very nice focus. I also see some sort of color hue as well. I think that your post-processing is the culprit here.

Lighting: Excellent use of natural lighting. His face is lit terrifically and nothing is lost in shadows or blown highlights.

Composition/Content: I echo the adoration of previous commenters in that the expression is priceless. I do think that your cropping is just a bit tight. It give the image a very crowded and cramped feeling to it.

My Opinion: I like it, and I think it fits the challenge nicely. With a bit looser crop and less the hue, you score would have surely grown.

Eric

Shades of Brown
by sfmorris

Comment by Tygerr:
Great shot. Fits the challenge well, and is well taken and composed. Might have made more of a brown impact if you'd processed the colour a bit to bring out more brown tones.

Shades of Brown
by sfmorris

Comment by TCGuru:
Would have liked to see the child wearing a brown shirt... but otherwise, not bad at ALL!!

Shades of Brown
by sfmorris

Comment by Balko:
Happy Holidays! 7

Candy Cane
by sfmorris

Comment by sassyii:
really like the tones and facial expression here.... nice work

Candy Cane
by sfmorris

Comment by fireserpent:
I like what you had in mind here. He looks like he just got caught sneaking candy before dinner. But, there seems to be a green cast to the image or something else is a miss... kudos on the image but i'll have to take away some for the editing.