Barcelona Glassblowers on Break
by ahaze

Comment by utro:
I love candids like this. It reminds me of a shot I did of some construction workers on a smoke break. I love the guy on the left looking off into the distance. His face tells of an interesting life. Great photo.

The Fountain of Youth
by ahaze

Comment by SURBANNA:
Cute. However, a little too much head room. People in background distract the eye. Might want to crop them out.

Barcelona Glassblowers on Break
by ahaze

Comment by muur88:
Interesting shot. Would have really worked for me with just about a foot under the guys to a foot over the guys.

Barcelona Glassblowers on Break
by ahaze

Comment by TLL061:
this was a great shot last summer , and is still a great shot

Barcelona Glassblowers on Break
by ahaze

Comment by lewiss:
I wonder what they are discussing?

Barcelona Glassblowers on Break
by ahaze

Comment by thewriterside:
Nice photo. I'd like to know what the guy on the far right is doing.

Reaching For The Rain
by ahaze

Comment by ButterflySis:
Good bokeh but the subject is a little unappealing.

Reaching For The Rain
by ahaze

Comment by Skip:
this is a beautiful image, and one of my favorites in the challenge. excellent bokeh. this image has the feeling of three kids, looking out the door, in anticipation of being told it's ok to go on outside to play. well done!

The Fountain of Youth
by ahaze

Comment by hauntingimagez:
great shot, cute kid, right on theme

I Will Learn and Practice Discipline
by ahaze

Comment by mycelium:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

The first thing that strikes me about this picture is the lighting, which is very good. You have a good tonal range without losing your highlights. It could probably stand to be just a bit lighter, to get a bit more definition in the dark areas, mostly, but this is fairly minor.

Brianlh's comment below is definitely a good point- greater symmetry would lend a lot to the solidarity of this image, which would relate well to the title. Also, the focal point of this picture is your hands, which is very close to the top of the frame, Putting it at the 1/3 line would make the composition much stronger.

It looks like you put your hands where you did to show the logo on the shirt, but I'm not sure that it was worth the compositional trade-off. If you had your hands directly over the yin-yang, you might have wound up with the outside elements of the yin-yang forming a sort of corona around your hands, which could have worked out quite well. Seems like this could benefit from a reshoot, just for the sake of seeing how it might come out differently the second time around.

In any case, just keep taking pictures!