The jumping ELEMENT
by pichichib

Comment by mom4ever:
Hot!

The jumping ELEMENT
by pichichib

Comment by Alan_H07:
I like this shot.The colors and fire are very cool.Good Luck in this challenge.

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Comment by spiritualspatula:
Hello from the Critique Club.
First looking at your photo, you’ve included a chair, and while you’ve included a person, but they aren’t posed in a traditional fashion for portraiture. More specifically, and as others have noted as well, we cannot see the boys face. A big part of portraiture is who is in the picture, showing us their face is key to this. As far as your title goes, I think including the mother would have been a more successful approach to depicting this. If she was the subject, we would see an important part of her life- that of being a parent. We can all relate to this and understand it readily, and those glances that people give their children are often exceptional for captures like this because they show adults doing things they rarely do- being silly, making faces, or being more expressive than usual. Regarding technical details, I think your photo is strong and well done. Contrast is pretty good throughout, and I like the lines of the bench leading us towards where the boy is looking. The reflection on the car in the background is slightly distracting, but not overly so. I’ll echo Lydia on this as well, that this photo would have been better served for a different challenge.

When i grow up, i want to be like.....
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Comment by got2bgutsy:
I wish I could see what he's looking at. I think it would add to the photo. Great shot though

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Comment by idp:
very pretty

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Comment by superclary:
I like the photo, but without his face is doesn't make much of a portrait.

When i grow up, i want to be like.....
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Comment by Lydia:
A portrait, in my opinion, shows the face of the person. I like this... but not really well for the challenge.