Sweet little girl... I love her "fluffiness" :) C&C loved and very much appreciated

[rachelrach11]

 

[Heitz]

That's really great. Was the haze in the upper right intentional then?

 

[rachelrach11]

That's really great. Was the haze in the upper right intentional then?

Thanks so much ! I added the sun flare"ish" haze in PP

 

[Shipman]

I really like it, I think the flare adds very nice to the picture.

 

[kathyt]

I don't think I am digging the flare on this one. It almost looks like you have condensation on your lens. Cute picture though.

 

[MonicaRuth]

I agree with kathythorson, the flare takes away depth in the photo

 

[Sherm]

I like the flare but not the watermark location

 

[Granddad]

Sherm's right on the watermark location. Not sure about the flare; if it was mine and I couldn't decide I'd offer the customer the options of with or without flare.

Nice photo, I like the lighting and the location.

 

[C4n0n.Fan]

I'm not sure centering the subject is the way to go here? Maybe others feel differently.

 

[manaheim]

Baby's head is also DEAD CENTER in the frame, which is sort of a no-no. Just something to consider.

 

[krystalynnephoto]

Adorable baby... I'm not sure I love the composition, but the flare doesn't bother me, and I do like the shot.

 

[leighthal]

I like the vintage feel. Super adorable baby. My nit pick would be that her head touches the water line perfectly. It creates an odd frame.

 

[Trever1t]

the subject is awesome, I mean she looks perfect, her expression priceless. First thing after I saw her was the framing, as mentioned, it's awkward and takes what could be a real work of art down a notch, for me. The flare doesn't bother me although I've never added artificial flare I can how it would add mood if done correctly.

My 2 cents: This image is worth re-touching, I think given some careful attention it is a real winner.

 

[Derrel]

Yes, as three others have touched upon, the framing on this is hurting it. Smack dead center is not good. The baby's body is "pointing" to the right, but there's an almost equal amount of space on both sides of her head...that causes a visual tension...it's a peaceful subject, and a bucolic, natural-world scene...the tension just ruins this shot. Two steps to the right with the camera would have given more space on the right and improved the background I think. Even cropping off some of the left side, and a little bit off the top, to "move the subject" around in the frame will improve this. A little bit lower camera position would have moved her head quite a bit in relation to the water's vanishing line, and would have added more three-dimensiuonal feeling...

The background as shown is almost perfect though! The gravel bar she's sitting on, the tiny bit of gravel bank shown at the left edge, the way the trees anchor the left side, the pool, all the background stuff is just simply wonderfully done, very subtle, VERY lovely. Natural, subdued, balanced, just super. The placement of the baby though, is too centered, in relation to the background. That's why I specifically said "two steps to the right", as opposed to cropping; cropping is the only choice you have now, and it will chance a virtually perfect background into a stil-pretty-good one, but it will not be quite the same.

The fake flare??? I dunno...it's well done, but the deep contrast in the trees on the left makes the flare appear "faked", not real. The flare does sort of give a vintage-ish twist to it.

 

[rachelrach11]

I really like it, I think the flare adds very nice to the picture.

Thanks so much !