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Wheeler1992Comment by inspzil: Greetings from the Critique Club
by Inspzil
Composition - Too much sofa. The picture is also not true to the horizon. It could use about a 1-2 degree tilt Clockwise. Probably 2. The idea is good, but it wasn't executed particularly well. I like cute stuff, I have 3 kids of my own, but I don't see a lot of potential or alternate ways to go to make this a way better pic. It looks like a picture taken with flash or something making the area around the kid very very bright relative to the rest of the wall. The "framing" no pun intended, is not particularly good. With him dead center of the other pics, and dead center in the pic, its a dead ringer for a "too centered" tag. I think the best way around this is not taking the picture from dead on, but at a bit of an angle. That also might have saved you some of the flash reflection or other light reflection on the wall. This pic is too snapshotty to do well on DPC.
Technical - This pic is not particularly clear. The bright part right around the kid is not good. A much softer light source would have been preferred with a little less exposure. This pic could've used a little post processing sharpening to help it seem a little clearer. The biggest strike against it though is that it was not taken particularly sharp.
Overall - In my opinion, this is a little humorous, a little cute, and belongs in your family album. Nothing against kid pics out of me either, just this one was not particularly well done starting from the general composition. The portrayal of this idea, though I do think it is a good idea, seems pretty difficult to adequately replicate on "film." Hope I didn't ruffle any feathers, but this is what I think one way or the other. GOod luck in future challenges! - Inspzil
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