Admittedly this image isn't perfect, but I'm not here to show off. Does the bar going "through her head" distract from the subject? Lighting okay? Does the hair in the face distract?

Thanks for your comments.

Tom

-- Tom Smart (tsmart@rconnect.com), November 02, 1999

Answers

tsmart@rconnect.com), November 02, 1999.

Ugg, I'm really sorry. Maybe this should have a preview page before accepting a post like some of the other groups. Anyway, if I get it wrong this time I won't trouble the group again.

Tom

-- Tom Smart (tsmart@rconnect.com), November 02, 1999.

Nice snapshot. Expression is natural and whimsical. She looks like a young girl that is trying not to be something else. Compositionally, the image is lacking. Merging lines do distract from her face. There seems to be too much of the background in the image, I find that distracting. The bright white spot on the right hand side of the image is also quite distracting. The lighting seems to be natural and is quite nice for this type of image. She is a very lovely girl.

-- jacque staskon (jacque@cybertrails.com), November 03, 1999.

I think a tighter crop, losing most of the r.h background and a little of the l.h background would improve things a great deal. You could end up with a square shape - very retro - very Rolleiflex!

Curious as to why you didn't use the camera in the portrait position, rather than landscape?

-- Ken Munn (ken@pcm-marketing.com), November 05, 1999.

Yes, perhaps portrait position would have been better. She was climbing up a monkey bar; I can't remember what the scene looked like below the view we have here.

-- Tom Smart (tsmart@rconnect.com), November 05, 1999.

Hey Tom, It's hard to expect a kid to give you such a natural expression of comfort when you impose too many conditions on the experience. I can't say that you should do anything differently except to look for opportunities when the background is less busy. Shooting wide open certainly seems to help, as long as you keep the eyes in sharp focus, as you already seem to be doing. Fortunately for you this child looks very happy and you should get many opportunities to try.

and don't be afraid to crop...t

-- tom meyer (twm@mindspring.com), November 10, 1999.