Nosey Elephant
by Adventurita

Comment:
The umbrellas and the blurry bits in the lower corners create confusion and clutter which ruins this for me.

Aaaahh
by Younger

Comment:
Nice scene but I don't like narrow vertical croppings and the image quality isn't quite there --- there is a lot of detail loss and it could be quite a bit sharper.

Erm, a little faster with the pushing please!
by Brookied

Comment:
This is technically good and the composition works. I don't feel that it quite captures a sense of glee, or playfulness. The boys' expressions aren't communicating much in this capture. It is very nice but not great, IMO.

closing time
by Skip

Comment:
Beautiful, natural expression captured on the woman. You've included enough background to provide the viewer with some contextual clues. I onlly wish the guy's eyes weren't closed.

Fishermen's Tales
by Falc

Comment:
Very nice. Even though they are at a bit of a distance from the viewer and in near-sillouhette, the men have been captured in such a way that their postures, and the storyteller's gesture provide most of the visual clues necessary to tell a visual story and provoke an emotional response in the viewer. The boat, the beach, and the sunset provide the environmental context. Excellent job. My favorite so far.

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by phoenix46

Comment:
This is a very engaging subject and I love her smile. My gripe is, since she is not smiling directly into the camera (therefore, at me, the viewer), I'd like to see who she is smiling at. I'm not quite as drawn in as I should be.

Sailing Lessons
by bjallen

Comment:
The subjects are too far removed from the viewer (in this case, me) to provoke the type of emotional response that,IMO, makes for a successful candid. In a candid I look for either the unexpected or for the subject(s) to have been captured revealing a strong emotion, be it glee, fury, pride, frustration, etc.

icecream
by jiribierie

Comment:
This would work much better if we could see the boy's face. This side view is somewhat removed and impersonal. For me, with this type of candid, I want to be transported back to childhood---to remember the pure, single-minded enjoyment of an icecream cone. While there are exceptions, it is generally good practice to photograph children closer to their eye-level. This has the effect of showing the child's perspective and drawing the viewer into his world.

London Eye
by marbo

Comment:
This is an interesting travel shot but the human subjects are too far away to make the kind of emotional connection needed for a candid to work, IMO. This doesn't capture the feelings or mood of any of the people on board.

Not posed or rehearsed: a candid snapshot. RIP JPM 4/5/06
by aznatural

Comment:
You can title this however you wish but it still won't be a candid, IMO. Without a person visiting or tending the shrine, someone that can help me connect more to the subject, I don't find myself feeling much of an emotional response to this image. The careless, snapshot quality of this provokes more of an indifferent reaction in me that removes me from the reality of what the shrine represents. I'm not sure if that was your intent.