This is my nephew Bjarki Leo, I went in studio to take family portrett, He was fooling around and behaving badley when sudenly he started to make faces at the camera. This is one of them shot.
Setup is Two Bowens 500watts lamps, one to my upper left and one behind him. Post progres is lot af layers, softlogt and sharperning....
Statistics
Place: 113 out of 199 Avg (all users): 5.4769 Avg (commenters): 7.0667 Avg (participants): 5.2500 Avg (non-participants): 5.6486 Views since voting: 904 Views during voting: 393 Votes: 260 Comments: 23 Favorites: 0
Hello, and greetings from the Critique Club. What follows is my best attempt to Critique this photo from a DPC voter's point of view. I'll do my best, but please excuse any comments that may be unintentionally rude or insulting.
Initial Thoughts
I laughed. What a great candid moment, especially for a studio photo.
Composition/Content
The composition is wonderful, giving us a full view of the boy's antics and body language. The choice of model is a good one, very expressive, open to the camera, and has a great presence.
Background
Perfect studio background, very well lit.
Camera Work/Technical
This is where I have a little problem. The lighting on the boy is fighting with the lighting on the background. His face and hands are just on this side of being blown-out, and while the effect is certainly not bad.. I find it to be just a little too much given where the lighting on the background is. However, it also brings out the eyes a *lot*, so it's kind of catch 22. For me though, it's a little too harsh. On the other technical aspects, you've pretty much nailed things.
Digital Processing
Your layers work seems very good, I don't detect a hint of any artifacts from any of that. I don't know what softlogt is, but the sharpening is fantastic.
Fits the Challenge
Almost to a tee. The one issue that voters may have had is the candid aspect of it. Many were probably looking more for poses and setups, so that *may* have hurt.. but 13th place shows that you appealed more than you didn't, so good job.
My Opinion of the Photo
A little less harshness on the facial lighting would have made this a true classic for me. One of the funniest expressions I've seen on a child, and a great capture for him, his family, and for future memories.
Thank you for the comments. I was hoping for a better score, like 6.2ish. Most of my photgraph pal´s said the same. But ok, it is a bit overepxosed on right configuret display and that was also the plan. You win some or loose some. PPL did not like it in that way, it's as I think Europa vs USA in this matter :D
Place 113 out of 197? I was expecting to see this one back in the top 10 or at least in the top 20. It's one of the best portraits I've seen in this challenge and also one of my favorites. Too bad it didn't get a better score.
Great photo. I like the colors and those eyes were captured very well. Looks very professional. The only negative is the hand which blends into the face too much.
This is such a cute take on the challenge. I'm not truly a fan of children photos but yours here is such a good one so I'm giving this a good score. I also like to say that I love the circular lighted background. Good work.
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