i am sorry to say i was one of your 4s. i guess i looked at it as a cool family snapshot, but that's all, didn't move me for the challenge. i think the tree stump didn't help for me.
Background a bit too busy and the red gun distracts from the glasses also, not much you could have done without posing the shot which would have spoiled the capture of the moment IMHO
Sweet looking kid and he looks great in glasses!
- if this were my picture, I probably would have cropped the tree from the top to make it tighter and bring the aspect ratio a little closer to standard viewing, but that's just me...
The tree stump is a good touch. Voters had a problem with a few things. The crop, the toy gun, the snapshotty quality, the bright sunlight and the small strip of light colored concrete in the front. On a positive note, the focus is sharp, there is good movement and it's a cute kid!
On no comments, that's sad, since you comment on everyone eles's.
Photo just a tiny bit on the narrow side. I would of gone for a close up on his face, and blurred the background. Cute kid.