Curves, bit of dodge and burn, USM.
Rotated 180.
My kids lay down there, and I simply took shots of them doing whatever they wanted. The popsicles weren't a bribe..but they were being co-operative..hmmm maybe many more shots of them featuring popsicles for different challenges?
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Because the kids are centered in the photo, my eye goes to them immediately, without being led there by the lines in the wood. Might be more effective with the kids off center. Cute shot, though.
great composition. i think it would actually be stronger with just one child in the shot....at least for this challenge. the lines lead directly to the boy. the girl seems kinda stuck in there.
What a concept! This is certainly a beautiful take on leading lines ... I love the converging lines at the center and having a reward once your eyes reach the center. 9.
Ahhh...a bribe of the kiddies to get utterly submissive participation in the parent's photog hobby never hurt anything. Good shot by the way...I see lines that lead my eyes to your kids...well, they are someone's kids, most likely...and that works in my book. So, was this shot taken looking down onto a deck or standing in front of a wall with carefully arranged and highly acrobatic children?
Ya know... I kept coming back to this image. There is just something about it that gnaws at me (in a positive way). You know what it is, is that it reminds me of those upside down picture books where you can look at an image in one direction and see one thing and then you look at it upside down and a completely different image appears!
The lines are great and I LOVE the fact that you reversed the colors of the popsicles and shirts - VERY nice subtle touch. The DOF is okay - could probably be a little crisper. The models eyes are directly on the camera and their expressions are pensive but cute.
I keep bumping this up in score, but like I said, you really captured something unique here and I can't "not" reward that - you've piqued my interest and curiosity to no end! It's your attention to detail with the popsicle colors and shirt colors (and juxtaposition of boy/girl) that I think are so beautifully subtle and absolutely outstanding. 10
Nice contrast of warm tones, soft skin against cool, hard boards (lines). You have recently achieved a quality to your portraits that is quite amazing and beautiful. Your subjects defy the space they are in......reaching out from their two dimensional confines. Excellent!
clever idea. tough break on the blown out shirt, as it's kind of distracting. composition if controllable, i would have gone with her arm out of the pic and his popicle arm up more to match hers. colors are very nice
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