i couldnt resist, i know im a terrible mother haha
ETA: JUST TO CLARIFY (haha)
his father ran to the store down the road literally for five minutes to get some things for dinner - my little man here had a hissy fit when he left as they had been watching a movie together. i tried to comfort him at first but he has just turned 2 and knows how to throw a wobbly, so I just had to giggle at him and snap a few pictures of the adorable pouty faces he was making.
i will admit i had this challenge in the back of my mind and tried to shoot a few more "artistic" type photos than what the majority were - which were snap-shoty types just for posterity. and although i did a B&W version i am a sucker for my sons big blue eyes :) so that is what won here.
thanks for all the kind comments! although not a PB by score (by a hair) this is by far my best placed imaged here at DPC yet!
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Come on, this was the saddest picture of the lot. This deserved to have placed much higher than 15th. It is an awesome picture. I gave two pictures 8's in this challenge -- yours and the one that won the blue. There were a lot of staged sadness pictures, but this one captures the true emotion. Great job.
Well you certainly captured sadness - though I truly hope it was a spur of the moment seen & captured rather than a created 'forced' one taken for the sake of challenge. The reaction I get is the need to comfort this little crying boy. The photo strengths is that the child is showing genuine emotion - those are real tears welling up in the eyes and rolling down the cheeks. The picture has good focus and good lighting. My critique on the photo is that I think the presentation could be stronger if it was in B&W. The color version calls too much attention to the shirt and the off white tones of the wall - why that would be important is because the tones don't allow the main subject to visually "pop" off of the backdrop. A B&W with good dynamic tones in shadows and highlights will keep the attention focused on the main subject without color being a distraction. (not voting)
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