Challenge:People (Classic Editing) Camera:Fujifilm FinePix 2300 Location: John Ball Park Zoo, Grand Rapids, MI USA Date: May 26, 2002 Aperture: 4.8 ISO: 100 Shutter: .005s Date Uploaded: May 26, 2002
One of the first things I did when I got my digital camera was take a trip to the zoo with my son. If you had anough data/resolution, I think I'd have cropped off the heads of the people at the top so as to further isolate Andrew (he'd be the only "whole" person in the frame).
This has a nice soft focus to it, but it looks overly compressed to me. Very cool that you're not the only one there with a digital. Is that a Canon Pro90 I see? I also think the person immediately on the left could be cut out. The focus is very strong on his (or her) hands.
Very over-exposed, the child seems almost ghostly. There's no resemblance of a zoo either, who knows what's past the gate? I think the inclusion of some zoo animals would've helped.
taking pictures in direct sunlight is hard--way too many 'hot spots'. i might have focused more on andrew, and since he is relatively level with the fence, used that as a background so you could see the water and animals in the picture.
Don't know if the lighting effect is intentional or not, if so then kudos. I like the over exposed look in this pic, gives a dreamy quality... not quite reality.
Try cleaning your lens (were you going for the "soft" focus effect?) Sunlight reflecting off the boys arms is tooooo harsh. Not bad, but try again, this one needs work. Photo 6 Creativity 6 People 7 total 6
Great expression on the face. It's also kind of neat that you are taking a picture of him, and everyone else is taking a picture of something else. A little bright in spots, and "jaggy" in others. If you sharpened it, you may have done a little too much.
Andrew's a cutie! I think I would've preferred the photo better if it wasn't quite as compressed (you can submit a photo of up to 150kb in size, yours is just over 30 kb) and if you had got a lower camera angle so that you'd be more on eye-level with Andrew. I love the expression on his face.
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