A King is born

MatchlessArts · Oct 31, 2012

sharing a photo of my son and wife, enjoy

timor · Oct 31, 2012

Idea is fine, the tree right "in the face" less.
It is your first ? Congratulations.

Frequency · Oct 31, 2012

Very good; please trim out the tree in fron and some space from back so that she is not at the center

Regards

Majeed Badizadegan · Oct 31, 2012

Not working for me.

Light is too harsh. Composition is strained. Dad is poking through the bushes in the background. It just comes off as contrived and unnatural.

Had you shot this in gold hour with some fill and more attention to composition, it might have worked.

swiftparkour94 · Oct 31, 2012

Rotanimod said:
Not working for me.

Light is too harsh. Composition is strained. Dad is poking through the bushes in the background. It just comes off as contrived and unnatural.

Had you shot this in gold hour with some fill and more attention to composition, it might have worked.

I agree! As a normal non-photographer family snapshot I think it's pretty cool though

manaheim · Oct 31, 2012

Looks like she's throwing the kid off the mountain. Seriously. I think it's because her arms aren't more straight.

Cute enough idea, just needs more in the execution department. I agree with the other comments as well.

Frequency · Oct 31, 2012

On a close up, i feel there is a point in what Manny says; the boy should have been held facing mom
I was mentioning such a trim

Mully · Oct 31, 2012

I thing the concept was holding the child up to God so for me the kids position is right.

MatchlessArts · Oct 31, 2012

lol thanks everyone for your comments but this wasnt supposed to be a "professional" moment. This was just a photo I came across from our trip this summer and I wanted to share. I love that we instantly jump into photographer mode though hahaha, love this forum.

Cheers

sm4him · Oct 31, 2012

Frequency said:
On a close up, i feel there is a point in what Manny says; the boy should have been held facing mom

Mully said:
I thing the concept was holding the child up to God so for me the kids position is right.

I could be wrong--but I *think* what the OP was going for here was a Lion King re-enactment, like this.

It's a cute idea, but falls a little short, for me. The mom just can't thrust the kid out there like Rafiki did, and there are too many distracting objects, especially the tree in the foreground.
Still, shots like this aren't necessarily meant to win awards--it's more about the memories it will hold.
Personally, I'd have worried that I'd drop the baby and dash its little head on that rock. Which is likely why Mom didn't try to thrust it out any further.

swiftparkour94 · Oct 31, 2012

MatchlessArts said:
lol thanks everyone for your comments but this wasnt supposed to be a "professional" moment. This was just a photo I came across from our trip this summer and I wanted to share. I love that we instantly jump into photographer mode though hahaha, love this forum.

Cheers

No prob

timor · Oct 31, 2012

MatchlessArts said:
but this wasnt supposed to be a "professional" moment.

Only "professional" has to be shot right ?

swiftparkour94 · Oct 31, 2012

timor said:
Only "professional" has to be shot right ?

Don't be ridiculous. Just let it go

Fred Berg · Nov 1, 2012

swiftparkour94 said:
timor said:

Only "professional" has to be shot right ?

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Don't be ridiculous. Just let it go

Why ridiculous? The OP posted the shot in a critique gallery and there are other areas to post if feedback wasn't the aim.

Aren't the galleries meant for people to post their best (current or recent) work, or work they feel others could help them with? Not really the place to post family snaps.

swiftparkour94 · Nov 1, 2012

Fred Berg said:
Why ridiculous? The OP posted the shot in a critique gallery and there are other areas to post if feedback wasn't the aim.

Aren't the galleries meant for people to post their best (current or recent) work, or work they feel others could help them with? Not really the place to post family snaps.

From what I've gathered, he wanted the opinions of that moment in time, not how well it was shot. Personally I feel like it should have been in the just for fun section but either way I don't see that much of a deal here. If it didn't belong in this forum topic than an admin would have moved it. So when/if they see it, it will be the final verdict. Just keep scrolling, it's not the end of the world