Here mom, eat this. C&C

Fingtam · Jul 3, 2012

Took a few pictures the other day of a young boy trying to blow a dandelion, offering it to his mom, and then shoving it in her face

I'm still working on my photography skills, so I'd appreciate any feedback.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/78805864@N02/7489904176/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/78805864@N02/7489906582/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/78805864@N02/7489902992/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/78805864@N02/7489901576/

jwbryson1 · Jul 3, 2012

All cropped too tightly. Limbs are cut off. #1 would be better with a less shallow DOF--I'd like to see it all in focus. Push up the saturation and contrast a bit. Might want to add some fill flash on the shots with shadows on their faces.

Fingtam · Jul 3, 2012

jwbryson1 said:
All cropped too tightly. Limbs are cut off. #1 would be better with a less shallow DOF--I'd like to see it all in focus. Push up the saturation and contrast a bit. Might want to add some fill flash on the shots with shadows on their faces.

Thanks for the response. I did shoot a few in which the boy and the dandelion were in focus, but for some reason my favorite was the one where the flower was in focus, but he was not. I do wish I would have used more depth of field to get the mom in focus. And I kinda wish I had used a reflector or some fill flash to lighten up her face, but the whole thing happened in a matter of seconds, and I just didn't have time.
Here are a few of the other shots I took.