Mom came to visit after Christmas this year & likes to see the lights at the Guido Gardens in Metter, GA.
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G'day Stan, from deep within the Critique Club,
She does look like a nice mother, although a little self-conscious for the camera. Mine's the same.
The photo is a success in the sense that it conveys something of the apparent character of the subject; something very nice, in fact. I think that's important; to say something about your subject.
Where it struggles a bit is in the technical, or execution, details. The on-camera flash has a pretty harsh effect, and tends to make the subject look a little flat and the focus soft. It has done so here, although if you wanted a photo of this moment, you probably had little choice in the lighting. The starburst is, I think, not an added effect, but is just a reflected artifact of your flash. At least I hope it is, because the photo would have looked better without it. Overall, I can't offer much more, because the necessity of using the flash has severely limited the options for both of us. I'll look forward to seeing another shot of your Mom taken in natural light, if you can find an opportunity to submit one!
Cheers,
Paul
I think Mom has a pretty nice expression and you've got decent focus, but the flash is too harsh, especially with the totally black background. She looks a tad startled.
I don't see this as a photo I would frame and hang on a wall....Mom looks stiff and almost like she is saying through gritted teeth "Take the darn picture already!" The sparkle/star filter detracts from this shot rather than added to it by almost giving that eye a red-eye effect. And there are a pair of green things off about 10 o'clock off her head and another behind her left shoulder. They look like cat's eyes or something weird!
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