What Did You Expect?
by Zeus

Comment:
In the darker days of the year, many photogs turn to artificial light, and not everyone of us has the money (or financial priority) to buy strobes or sophisticated flashes. Now, the onboard flash of the camera seems to come in handy. But they don't. Onboard flashes kill pictures: they create shiny skins and hars shadows. Your pic suffers from theze features as well. There are simple, cheap and fairly effective ways to handle this, for instance by putting a tissue in front of the flash to soften and diffuse the light. Other techniques to soften or reflect light may be helpfull too.

Ronald McBag Hand Puppet
by toeknee

Comment:
You have to know, puppet playing is not about the puppet, it's about how you play it. Much like photography actually. ;-)

I like the OOF christmas tree in the back, but I am not too fond of the harsh lighting on the puppet.

Dust Mop Slippers - Already in the Trash
by laser

Comment:
On the one hand, I like the idea of the gift already in the trash. On the other hand, the trash is realy distracting. What bothers me more though, is the 'flat' nature of the image. You might try to introduce more speth through DOF, lighting or composition next time.

...Dashing Through The Snow...
by OldCoyote

Comment:
You must have noticed yourself that this pic is noisy and blurred. Why not lower your ISO, punt the cam on a tripod or stack of books and use a long exposure instead?

Friends! I'm Human
by BrianR

Comment:
This pic has some strange local blue casts that highly distract me. Apart from that, it's technically okay, but not very interesting. Although I do wonder whether you tried the stuff :P

WOW
by thsulliv

Comment:
Desptiet the fact that your picture is underexposed, I can still see a wrinkled background. You might want to consider calibrating your screen.

You're a sweatheart, but what did you think I meant by "No real estate this year, Please"!
by jjbeguin

Comment:
The funny title can not sufficiently hide that the pic is squeezed into the theme. I am not bordered so much by squeezing, but the pic is also somewhat dark in the front and blown-out in the sky. These are hard lighting conditions and it takes practice to work around them.

Deflated ball??? Santa trying to be symbolic??
by Dr_Anita

Comment:
In the darker days of the year, many photogs turn to artificial light, and not everyone of us has the money (or financial priority) to buy strobes or sophisticated flashes. Now, the onboard flash of the camera seems to come in handy. But they don't. Onboard flashes kill pictures: they create bleek whites and hars shadows. Your pic suffers from these features as well. There are simple, cheap and fairly effective ways to handle this, for instance by putting a tissue in front of the flash to soften and diffuse the light. Other techniques to soften or reflect light may be helpfull too.

I gotta Dollie!
by cujee

Comment:
I like the lighting and the facial expression, but I feel the picture is too posed and the composition is a bit too central imo. Furthermore, the picture does not seem to be realy sharp.

A Sh1te Present!
by SteveJ

Comment:
I am not too fond of photographs where someone simply makes a flat pic of something. You might as well put it under the copier. Please devote more time to composition and lighting to make your subject stand out and generate an appealing picture.