7 - Like this. I think you captured a good 'motherly' and 'homey' feel in this. Her 'cheery smile' really makes this. The colors all blend together well. I like the use of 'Mother' in the DOF, just the right amount. Criticism; not much, and fairly minor, things like; the finger/fingernail, the plate not 'level', more detail in the cookies/pies/whatever perhaps the napkin/serviette filling the whole bottom of the frame might have made this better and maybe, 'Mother' just a fraction softer, yet the focus still as sharp (if that makes sense) may have all have made this even better in my opinion. Maybe her head not 'cut', but works fine as is so who knows. Perhaps also a background that uses one of the colors in the napkin/serviette, may have given this something extra, but again, minor.
Though I understand the concept, I would have liked it better if SHE was in focus instead of the food. Leaving her out of focus effectively relegates her to a background/secondary subject of interest when she should (IMO) be the main focus.
Many of the pics had other things that drew focus away from the mother, but this one works! Maybe its the wonderful smile, maybe its the colours. Well done.
Hmmm, I would have liked to see it with the DOF reversed. Mom is the subject after all. But it's something I'd have to see before I judged it better or worse.
Aww, that'll be like my mother... Aren't mothers just great? They make us fatter and fatter! hehe... I liked the composition, the warm lighting is very accurate to the theme as well as the focus.
Great use of focus... I can't take my eyes off those cookies! But at the same time.. they're definately the homemade kind only a mom can make! Great job!
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