new year's resolution ? mm..... be happy ! =)by
diegohsComment by Harz_Joerg: Greetings from the Critique Club
Initial thoughts/My opinion
What a wonderful smile of the girl! Like her pose too, makes the image dynamic. Don't like the fishermen at the left and the large amount of space at the right though.
Content/Composition
Even without the title, this image speaks of happiness: your niece looks just great and one can hear her laugh and giggle. Really greatly captured.
What could be improved here is the focal point of the image: its just the girl and everything else is un-important. The fishermen disturb, because they don't add to "happiness" but the viewer see them and so he/she wants to know what they are doing, thus he/she is taken away from the girl.
The nice river also does not add much here, mainly because the girl is not looking at it, she is just looking straight to the camera. If she would look along the river, than showing the river would have been a wise choice.
So here I would recommend a very tight crop, so tight that the branches held by the fishermen look like they are from some trees. Of course, such strong cropping only works if the image resolution permits this.
Camera work -technically
The girl is a little overexposed, especially at the pink shirt and the face. Otherwise exposure looks fine. Focus is set well too, that the image is somewhat soft is more a software problem.
Digital Processing - Technical
Could need some more sharpening. The border is nothing special here: I almost didn't notice it, because it's so thin.
Fits the challenge
Yes, including the title it does fit very well and one of the best resolutions actually!
Good luck for your upcoming submissions
