Family Portraitby
pert86Comment by snaffles: Greetings from the Critique Club!
I like the idea of the two attentive Poms framing the baby, and the overhead shot of the father, just wish the mom had gone with the same idea and united the pic in that pose :-)
Cute content fur sure, but there are many technical issues that spoil the shot.
First, there is no composition to the shot. The eye is going all over the place looking for a focal point, and there is none. If it's meant to be the sleepy and/or inattentive infant, well, the Poms just stole the show from them. Dad's tat lends some interest to the shot but that's all, and it should not be the focus of attention.
Also, the colours are washy and the whites are very bleachy - why on earth would you use such a high ISO unless they were sitting in a dark corner of the room?! The fast shutter and shallow dof, I get, but you never, ever want to shoot with a higher ISO than absolutely necessary. With what looks like ambient light used here as seen by bleachiness on woman's arm and that dog, 200-400 should have been fine.
Sorry if this critique sounds harsh, but this is what I see. I feel that you are new to photography and still have a lot to learn. DPC is excellent as a learning site, and you may want to focus a bit more on the basics before entering challenges.
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Susan
