Absolutely adorable. Dark background set this off. Only "hot" spot is on chair back, and it helps draw attention to his face. The bow tie is a great touch.
I wonder how many people said something about this being underexposed...
I don't see that at all. I see that the light is intentionally low. Light is a frequent metaphor for knowledge, so the light being low could easily be referring to the boy's early stage of learning development.
I could be wrong on the intent here, but it does look intentional.
Just for fun, I'm goin9 to give you a vote to help with that. :)
Oh... I really like the background fading to black with the adorable child so highlighted. What a wonderful memory of his writing skills. This will be gone in a moment! I'm so glad you captured it!
I stared at this for quite some time and just when I was about to score it, I noticed the stain on his vest. Bummer. That'll cost ya 3 points. ...just kidding. I'll pretend I didn't see it. :D
Voted earlier coming back to leave comments now. The lighting on this is wonderful, the colors are excellent, and the scene sets up a story. I like the concentration on this little boy's face as he ever so neatly practices his letters. As much as he is concentrating hard, he also has a look that he would rather be outside and playing for there is a slight frown on his lips. So the fight for knowledge here, to me at least, is the struggle to stay motivated to finish...and *then* get the reward of playtime. He also appears so prime and proper with the vest and bow tie that I get the sense of being transported back to the Old West with Sunday School and wearing your sunday best. I tried to read what the page on the right hand side but I feel you will quite understand that I do not wish to pick up my monitor and turn it upside down to read it. I can see that he is clearly practicing writing letters on the lines (looks like the letter 'p').
Really nice light, cute outfit. The plain black pen works visually, but I'd have put something older looking in his hand. Then again I collect foutain pens and my friends call me a pen snob :)
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