I love the scene that has been captured, but the added shallow DOF does not come off well to me. It's just too abrupt and doesn't look realistic to me. My own trick for guiding the eye to my subject and minimizing background distractions is a subtle dark vignette. Not enough to scream that I used one, but just enough to help steer the viewer's eye.
Lovely shot for the family album. Great emotion. I don't really think anything was gained using a square crop. My eye travels from the people to the end of the fishing rod, which is cut off. This would be fine cropped at a 2:3 ratio if using a crop frame sensor. Also, watch the position of the people in the frame... The woman's foot is partially chopped off and I think I wold be better to include it.
Cute scene, I like the use of BW. As far as improvements, I think the cropping should have been done higher on her legs so it looks more natural, its one of those things where you need to make sure and include all of her legs or cut them more towards a mid point away from the joints.
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