This is a common family photo, taken at the beach in Santos. I had to crop Lucas because my wife was also on the photo and she would distract from the emotional theme that I'd like to give to the photo. Lucas was not praying in fact... He was looking the ships on the sea. I don't why he looked to the sky at that time... Maybe a bird, not sure...
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Oops, I started to leave a comment and changed my mind, but just realized I had submitted an empty comment with only the word "I". Anyhow, to complete my thought, I think the mixed lighting makes this appear too artificial -- it seems as if the girl is standing in front of a poster of the sea (maybe she was?).
Think I see what you were going for, but there are too many elements which distract - the shirt, the writing on the shirt, the ship/rig in the background, crooked horizon, blown sky, the pose/facial expression - but mostly that this looks 'spriteish'.
3 things:
The child is overly soft (compared to the background)
The child looks cut & pasted (very noticeable & unnatural)
The child's shirt is distracting (a solid color shirt would've been ideal)
Make that 4, the title is overkill
something positive... I like the background, even tho it is very overexposed.
Nice idea, but the flash makes it seem like the child was pasted in. And the clothing is somewhat distracting ("off road" doesn't seem to match the religious theme) Maybe a sillouette would have done the idea more justice?
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