His Deepest Question
by PoetryInColor

Comment by KaDi:
Lovely portrayal of innocence! So beautifully lit!. Such gentle colors!

His Deepest Question
by PoetryInColor

Comment by CNovack:
A sweet and endearing capture. The child's face has a nice little smile as he looks at the bubbles on his hand. He does seem to be pondering the question that all children seem to ask" Where do bubbles go?" It is that smile and a bathtub full of bubbles that help invoke the ideas of a playful childhood. This photo can invoke in the viewer, fond memories of their own childhood. The lighting is very good in this shot with all elements appearing to be cast in a natural light that compliments the overall photo.

Birthday Shoes
by PoetryInColor

Comment by sfalice:
Greetings from the Critique Club:

Congratulations on getting through your first Challenge.You have entered a priceless image of this lovely little baby.

Compositionally, I'd suggest that you crop the image a bit tighter; the carpet really doesn't do much of anything to enhance the picture. Perhaps, instead, you might introduce a brightly patterned pillow. The lighting is quite good - a bit of light to the right wouldn't hurt. And you might want to explore photographing Hannah from different angles, although I realize you wanted to accentuate the feet.

Finally, you learned early that voters take the Challenge theme extremely seriously. So, while this is an appealing image, most felt it just didn't meet the challenge of photographing shoes...

You have a good eye, and I'll look forward to seeing more of your work in future Challenges.

Good luck!

Birthday Shoes
by PoetryInColor

Comment by rooflessdriver:
Very cute, would have liked to see a tighter crop on the baby though & lose some of the carpet.

Birthday Shoes
by PoetryInColor

Comment by racha:
If there aren't shoes in the picture it doesn't have anything to do with the challenge.

Birthday Shoes
by PoetryInColor

Comment by abimalech:
Cute, but where are the shoes?

Birthday Shoes
by PoetryInColor

Comment by mesmeraj:
a bare foot kind of misses the purpose of the challenge.
Since you did ask what you could have done differently on the boards her e is what i would have done. Destaurated the carpet - the different colour speckles are distracting.
Either focused the camera on babies face, or if you really wanted it to be a feet photo used a shallowed DOF and focused completely on the feet. Right now the focus seems to be the bum.
Gotten a little more above baby, more looking srtairght down so not to hieghtlight the paer shape the diaper makes the baby appeear to have (personally i would have used a nude baby but thats just me)
I do like the placement of the baby in the frame - as far as DNMC photos go, this is definately in the top.

Birthday Shoes
by PoetryInColor

Comment by Tammer:
Cute shot of a beautiful baby, and I understand your title. I wish there had been a small pair of shoes somewhere in this shot.

Birthday Shoes
by PoetryInColor

Comment by vtruan:
shoes are needed somewhere in this shot DMtC

Birthday Shoes
by PoetryInColor

Comment by Atropos:
Cute baby.. but I don't see any shoes. A tad out of focus I think, but overall a nice shot, just wish it had something to do with shoes and not just a play on words in the title.