Abundant Poverty
by SquishyB

Comment by lauraodom:
Meets Challenge - 2
Lighting/Processing - 2
Composition - 2
Overall Impression - 2
"WOW" factor - 0
Score: 8

Abundant Poverty
by SquishyB

Comment by pixeldust:
good lighting and focus

Abundant Poverty
by SquishyB

Comment by typhotos:
nice macro

Hey, Where's My Backup Band??
by SquishyB

Comment by shutter22:
Cute idea, I really like how you positioned him just right on the guitar, but I'm not a huge fan of the selective coloring.

Hey, Where's My Backup Band??
by SquishyB

Comment by 777STAN:
A bit forward, are we? :}

Hey, Where's My Backup Band??
by SquishyB

Comment by ttphoto:
Very cute!! Good photo, I like the comp and the ducky.

Hey, Where's My Backup Band??
by SquishyB

Comment by ladyhawk22:
Very nice concept and composition, but I think you'll find you score better by using the full image size allowed. Colors look good and you've got an ducky that really works with your concept!

Hey, Where's My Backup Band??
by SquishyB

Comment by Jaded_Housewife:
lol. too cute. too small. I would prefer it larger though, nice selective desat.

Hey, Where's My Backup Band??
by SquishyB

Comment by whitewolf:
Cute - love anything with a guitar - wish the photo was a bit larger.

The Distinction Between Youth and Old Age
by SquishyB

Comment by sfalice:
Okay. Here's another comment. Like Smurfguy said, depth of field was important here. When taking a shot like this, I really like to bracket a whole bunch, try 2.8, 4.0, 5.6, 7.1, etc. and see just which focussing really tells the story you are trying to get across. Obviously, a tripod helps here, but even without, it will be noticeable.

The other bit of advice I have for this one is to crop down to what's interesting. Anything to the right of the white thingee is not telling your story (IMO, of course) so look at your image without that section and see if it pops into story-telling mode quicker.

You're doing fine. The comments will come.

Alice