There seem to be a few of these bright light shots this week. It's my major sticking point with this image - that quality of light. The shadows are very harsh, that difference between light and shade is heavy. The sky, whilst better than simply blue, is not particularly interesting, and there's noise on those clouds. It also suffers from being a head-high shot, for me: you haven't allowed your subject to impose itself on the composition. It could happily have been colour-shifted a touch toward warmer tones (this is really quite cold), and seems tilted (whether or not it actually is, it has that feeling). Technically, in the sense of focus and exposure, it's fine: it's just a poor subject, and not well framed or presented. 4 |