*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*
A family snapshot that meets the challenge well.
This is one that they will cherish in the family album for years to come. The lady in the wheelchair looks to be enjoying herself in an area where she is probably not able get very often and certainly not on her own, having her family around her like this adds to the feeling of her pleasure. It does indeed look like a candid unposed moment too.
Your commenters have already pointed out the major flaw about the slow shutter speed which, of course, I also have to talk about. Given the lens you were using it leaves too much scope for me to try and guess what focal length you were using but it doesn't feel as though you were at the telephoto end, I would guess somewhere about the middle. If this was the case you would have had a maximum aperture capability of about f5, ie., nearly two stops more then you have used with f8. The larger aperture would have got you much nearer a hand holdable shutter speed that would have avoided the camera shake you have throughout the image here. Don't get me wrong I love slow shutter speeds and motion blur but if you do use them deliberately it is essential that you have some sharpness as a reference point somewhere in your image, this unfortunately hasn't.
Thank you for a pleasing submission, Sid |
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