I took a picture of the kids just like this a week ago, prior to seeing this challenge. It was easy to recreate with the subject about 8 feet in front of the tree, my light box a foot to the side of the subject, and the camera about a foot away. By far the smallest amount of editing I've ever had to do - just cropped it and bumped the saturation a little.
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I was not able to vote on this challenge, but if I had, I probably would have given you a 6 or 7.
My first impression is, wow, why didn't this score higher? A nice and clean composition with a wonderful variety of circles. I like to tell people they haven't left enough breathing space for their subjects, but in this case, you have left enough room to make this work. I like that is not looking into the largest negative space, which is the crop chosen most often. Yes the highlights are a tad overexposed. I'm not saying a photograph has to have a perfect exposure, but in this case, I don't think it adds anything to the photograph. All in all, a lovely photograph. Keep up the good work.
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Nice Bokeh, good light! The object could be other and the title too, since the christmas theme was kind of obvious. The object seems to be a little OOF too.
He doesn't come to life at night and hide things, does he? 'Cuz he has that creepy kind of doll face =:-O The lights are a little dark and sinister, too.
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