s a d
by bnilesh

Comment:
Although it may not necessarily be the case that this is posed, it does certainly give the impression of not being 100% candid. The shot is great, lovely expression and the reflections in the eyes are nice, but the white background won't help your score here. I'm voting with benefit of the doubt.

Leaning To Love
by swaroskji

Comment:
Cool shot, I like the different layers of texture here. Composition wise, I think this could be improved by shooting more perpendicular to the bench.

Heaven = favorite blanky and a good book.
by Lonz

Comment:
Nice comp through the chair legs, really frames the face nicely.

Easter Egg Hunt
by bobonacus

Comment:
Sweet, good perspective.

A Time to Laugh
by GIS_boy

Comment:
Nice patch of light, good capture.

Hope
by Lore

Comment:
Lovely evocative, emotional shot. The composition is great, although I would have liked the road to tail off to the dead centre of the shot, just nitpicking.

Baker's Helper (?!)
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Sweet moment - I think this could have benefited from a slightly faster shutter speed though, the boy's face is ever so slightly blurred. I also find the background to be slightly busy.

S O L A C E
by manic35

Comment:
Good background, nice uncomplicated greys. The composition here is good apart from cutting off the bottom of the subject's arm slightly.

Nintendo nightcap
by nivlek

Comment:
The boy's face is nicely lit by the nintendo screen - and the black and white conversion does a good job of covering any potential colour cast. I like the composition, the eye is naturally drawn from the boy's eye to the nintendo, and there is nothing distracting in the background. For the purpose of challenge entries I would suggest investing in some noise reduction software (neat image or noise ninja) - although it doesn't bother me and I think it adds to the shot in this case, you will be marked down for noisy images.

One Against The Wind
by Quigley

Comment:
There is a nice sense of motion here, the wind buffeting the umbrella and the boy's hair works well with the motion blur from panning slightly. I think this could be improved be ensuring the boy's feet are fully in the frame, other than that this is a solid entry.