What a charming little boy, running towards you on a sunny day.
I think I see what drew you to this image for the Pattern Challenge. All those ripples in the sand caused by the water returning to the ocean created some nice patterns. And the little boy accentuated the patterns by his presence in one of the "Sweet spots" in the rule of thirds.
Unfortunately, the shot almost into the sun didn't give you what you saw in real life. It happens! It may be that if you had taken this at an angle to the ripples they might have taken on more definition. Also, had you been towards the beach with the boy running towards you, the ripples might have been more pronounced and the child would have had good light on his face. Then, you would have had to shot carefully not to get your own shadow in the image! Still, it can be done.
All this is supposition. But it is usually good practice to take many pictures, to move around to see what is the best angle, and additionally, to get down to the level of the child and the ripples for a different angle.
You are new to DPC and your images look as if you are enjoying the site. I expect all you need here is a little more practice. I look forward to seeing more of your work as time goes along.
Maybe a little cropping, so the boy isnt' in the center (vertically) as much. I'd definetly suggest bringing up the shadows, so that the boy is less of a silhouette (fill flash in photoshop). Dunno, maybe you already did, and it was just a really bright day.
Ok. The problem with this picture is that if it were not for the title the viewer would not have any idea that he/she is supposed to see some patterns here. The title suggests that we should be looking at, possibly, patterns of the ripples made by the water. But if so, the little kid in the picture is distracting, the focus of the composition is certainly not on ripples. Which leads me to believe that the picture is really a vacation type snapshot and the dubious pattern in the picture is just an afterthought. Just my take on this (4)
I think the expressions on the kid's face are great and the light is interesting, but you could have chosen a better set of ripples, they dont convey a strong pattern here, but a great pic still!
This is a very nicely composed shot of a cute little boy. The eye is really drawn to him and his shadow, which in general is ideal -- but what pattern there is to the ripples definitely comes in second to the actual subject of the shot, IMO.
I like this quite a bit as a portrait of childhood. However, the ripples don't really stand out enough for me to suggest pattern. I think a tight crop of the water taken at a side angle to capture the play of light, shadow, and reflection would have revealed more about the patterns that water makes. This photo really is more about the baby.
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