It was pouring rain and sunshine, which explains the focus, beside the lens :o) I actually had taken another picture for this challenge, but decided that although this is not a typical "shadow" entry... it has a lot of shadows and it was really dark inside this small forest AND I like this picture of my son a lot..
p.w.saturated in RAW, converted to JPG, burned a little and dodged... cropped a little bit.
After challenge...
I was very surprised by all the comments about how unnatural my submission is and that people don´t see any shadows??? It was sunshine outside and raining and alot of shadows.. My son was holding the umbrella, didn´t want to let it go and it made this big and beautiful shadow around him... Maby if I had cropped him more out of the surrounding people would have "seen" the shadow under the umbrella.
Fake look?? I used my new lense which has a small DOF which I guess people are not used to.. so, hope you look at other pictures taken with this lens and figure out how it works :o)
Anyhow.. this is my favorite picture, thanks you guys for the nice comments.
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1st impression - Awesome photo! Beautiful colors, nice lighting, good composition. A very nice moment!
Meeting the challenge - This is probably where you suffered the most in the scoring. There's nothing technically or aesthetically wrong with the photo. For a "Shadows" challenge, while I get that there is a shadow around the adorable child, I feel the shadow should be a more of a major element of the photo. The shadow should make the photo what it is or at least improve the photo significantly by its presence.
I am sure this will be one of your favorite photos for years to come. In a different challenge it could have scored in the 7+ range.
I know I'm not telling anything you don't already know. It is difficult to critique a well done photo whose only fault is that it didn't fit the challenge.
Again, excellent photo. I MUST visit Iceland sometime!
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
The only shadow I see is the one under the umbrella. This is a really good photo though. I probably gave it a higher mark than I should. IT's a great capture. Very good use of selective focus.
Interesting, arresting image; the sudden shift into sharpness grabs at the eye, and that sharpness itself is very well handled. Can't imagine that you'll hit the old challenge nail very squarely on the head though, but not a bad image at all.
I really like the image, the title suggest shadows, but I'm not sure it met the challenge for me. I believe for you it did, so I split the 6 for not meeting the challenge for me, with a 10 for meeting it for you. 8. Okay that I really like the shot. You did a great job.
I'm not getting a sense of the shadows that are supposedly surrounding this child. Does the title refer to the shaded woods? It is a nice portrait but shadows aren't the main visual impact. The connection to the challenge is pretty tenuous, IMO.
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