waiting for a ride
by odiadeus

Comment by scrum8:
I might have tried cropping out the building and car in the right background. That might have also have caused the bike to have a little more detail. Nice shot.

waiting for a ride
by odiadeus

Comment by admart01:
Nice composition - would have liked this cropped tighter on the right

waiting for a ride
by odiadeus

Comment by justine:
I like this shot. First the bike, it's just cool looking leaning on the trees and it's an interesting looking bike, plan but a cool basket. The pond makes a nice background. I would of liked more saturation of colors. The sky is a bit washed out, but it's hard to control weather. :) Good luck.

waiting for a ride
by odiadeus

Comment by Natator:
Simple and very effective.

Oliver Twist of India
by odiadeus

Comment by TooCool:
From the Critique Club

At first I did not want to do a critique of this image because it is not one of the nicest depictions of children that one could shoot, but then I realized that it is because it's not one of the nicest shots that gives it some of it's power as an image! So, here goes:

The lighting on this image is very nice. You did a wonderful job of using the lighting to bring out the subject, while somewhat muting what I'll call background noise (unwanted background elements that you have little or no control over)! The color is very nice here, but for once I would actually like to see an image in B/W! (Anyone that knows me would no that this is NOT my style, I'm a love of color person!)

The focus is very good here also. Just a touch of softness on the subject that seems to accentuate the condition that she is in!

The only thing I would change (besides trying B/W) would be a shallower DOF to help to mask the background clutter! Oh I just thought of another treatment that might work well here. If there was more of the background clutter (pull back on zoom or crop out further) it may help to accentuate the living conditiions surrounding the subject!

Very nice photojournalism style of shot! Looking forward to seeing more.
TC

Oliver Twist of India
by odiadeus

Comment by cmangis:
Heartbreaking; very moving, nicely done.

Oliver Twist of India
by odiadeus

Comment by clues56:
This is an excellent photo, but disturbing. I want to put my arms around him.
I think it's a winner.

Oliver Twist of India
by odiadeus

Comment by Rooster:
this makes me think more about other things than the title of the book. nice shot

Oliver Twist of India
by odiadeus

Comment by Biliana:
Great shoot.

Oliver Twist of India
by odiadeus

Comment by justine:
Photo-journalistic. Very moving shot. Good luck in the challenge