In response to your request for comment: Compositionally, and from the point of view of the subject, this is a beautiful photo. It's very sweet, and hints at some kind of story, with the obvious feelings evoked by the kids, plus the almost dreamy image of the ferris wheel in the background. I like the natural frame of the tree branches, and the interesting shape they cut out of the sky. For this picture, it's my opinion that the more or less centred subject works very well, with the heavy weighting toward the bottom of the picture balancing out the dreamy, "wispy" feel at the top.
I think the picture is not well exposed. The kids are too dark; it could be said that this enhances the amorphous dreamy quality of the whole thing, but for me, they're a bit lost in the shadows. Your work with shadows/highlights or similar seems to have resulted in noticeable haloing in the leaves. This might not be a bad thing, though, because again, it enhances the general feeling of reverie or dreaminess in the photo, but for those people who use PS on a regular basis, it may definitely stand out as a product of post-processing, more than as an intended part of the image. If the subject were a bit more defined and lit, and if the haloing didn't take my attention away from the other good qualities of this image, this would be truly outstanding, in my opinion. Really quite lovely. |
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