This is a full crop. The original had the mom in the shot, but I liked the baby face peeking out of the frame. I did everything in Photoshop that one can do, and probably too much: Layer masks, duotone, shadow / highlight, curves, dodge & burn, etc.
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Place: 72 out of 207 Avg (all users): 5.8081 Avg (commenters): 6.6667 Avg (participants): 5.4111 Avg (non-participants): 6.1389 Views since voting: 901 Views during voting: 285 Votes: 198 Comments: 17 Favorites: 2 (view)
First off, I'd like to say well done on a fantastic image! There isn't a lot to improve in this shot at all, it's almost perfect. I personally am surprised as to how it didn't achieve a higher rating. However, I'll have a go at trying to offer some form of explanation...
The primary reason I think for not going further in this competition is the relevance to the competition. Apart from the name you gave your picture, there seems to be very little to do with film in your photograph, compared to some of the other images in this challenge, which contain much more epic moments that we can really visualise on the big screen.
I get the feeling (although I may be wrong) that after taking such a perfect photograph, you felt that you had to enter it into one of the competitions, which is what a lot of people do these days and every now and then one of them pulls through. Your audience who would vote this image highly is also slightly limited as I can see many people might regard this as just yet another animal photograph.
Overall, I'd say that there is nothing I can really say to improve this image. You're clearly very skilled with your camera and editing processes.
Unlucky about this image, but I sense much better results coming from you in the future! Good Luck!
Ohmygosh! How in the world was this photo not rated in the 7's!! My heart is melted into mush after just one look :) WHAT a capture!!! Just sent this straight to my favorites folder so I will be able to see that cute little face often :)
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