A picture of a boat from a dock in Vietnam.
Lady was selling fruits and her child was helping.
Cropped out a woman on top of the boat
Saturated heavily
Desaturated areas where there was excessive noise
USM
Added Border
SFW
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This photo does not need critique club. I admire your modesty for checking off that box, but this photo has proven itself in both scoring and beauty. Critique club would gladly give up its empty words for this image.
It's not always (almost never?) a good decision to go heavy on saturation, but it works perfectly in this photo. A truly great piece of art is the result of any number of bad decisions made exactly when they were needed. I can only guess you had a very well-exposed, well-focused photo to not create noise with all that saturation.
I'll try to talk about some of the reasons this is a great work of art, but I'm just guessing, really. Ultimately, I know it when I see it. And this is it. Ok, then, the angle is unusual. Shooting from above is a godlike perspective. It gives us the illusion of having a great insight into the situation, of knowing the character's whole life up until that point, of knowing what led to this event and what will come of it. At the same time, it risks trivializing the subject, since it put the subject below us. Here, however, you have us watching an almost mythic struggle: man vs. nature! Or at least, boy vs. fruit. I think the profundity of this image comes from the way the boy blends in with the fruit, becomes one of them even as he interacts with them. This is emphasized by the daring placement of the boy all the way at the top of the frame, in a position of superiority but also on the verge of being overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of beauty below him.
The hot colors on the edges of the containers really set this out front. The whole scene, and the direct overhead angle are first class camera handling skill. PP is excellent to get the desired powerful effect of the colors.
My favorite of the challenge. wow, love it, wow. one senses the realism of economic struggle but at the same time is transported to a fantasy land, perhaps one emanating from the child's dream. 10 10 10
The baskets of fruit are very appealing and I like the point of view, but the other stuff is distracting: yellow basket, the bag in upper left and whatever the other thing is next to it, plus, the figure who has been foreshortened due to angle.
Love the angle of your shot, and the variety of fruits and vegetables. I also love the different kinds of fruit, they are not your everyday supermarket fruits. The colors are incredible, and the composition is excellant. Well done.
I have looked at this one 4 times before it came around in my voting queue. By far my favorite from both thumbnail and full size image. Giving you a 10 right off thebat and adding to my faves. Beautiful image.
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