Laugh & Be JOYful!
by 777STAN

Comment by ShutterPug:
It is very hard to properly evaluate this image as it is so small. Wish you had sized it larger as I would have loved to give you some detailed comments.
From what I can see, there is some vignetting in the corners - not sure if it is intentional or not but I would have cropped it off. The lighting seems to be giving an odd color cast overall. As for focus, from what I can see, it looks to be fine. The little girl sure is having fun. Also, would have removed the clutter from the counter as it distract from the subject.

Laugh & Be JOYful!
by 777STAN

Comment by Elaine:
Cute snapshot. I think you should have filled the frame with her, and cleared off the bottles. The black of the doorway is also somewhat distracting. Also, try to resize to 640 on the longest side.

Laugh & Be JOYful!
by 777STAN

Comment by FotoMunki:
Cute picture. The size is too small though.

The Firmament Shows His Handiwork1: Worship in Red!
by 777STAN

Comment by figment:
nice picture!

The Firmament Shows His Handiwork1: Worship in Red!
by 777STAN

Comment by sherpet:
Soft and delicate, well done.....

Mom Sees The Lights!
by 777STAN

Comment by ubique:
G'day Stan, from deep within the Critique Club,
She does look like a nice mother, although a little self-conscious for the camera. Mine's the same.
The photo is a success in the sense that it conveys something of the apparent character of the subject; something very nice, in fact. I think that's important; to say something about your subject.
Where it struggles a bit is in the technical, or execution, details. The on-camera flash has a pretty harsh effect, and tends to make the subject look a little flat and the focus soft. It has done so here, although if you wanted a photo of this moment, you probably had little choice in the lighting. The starburst is, I think, not an added effect, but is just a reflected artifact of your flash. At least I hope it is, because the photo would have looked better without it. Overall, I can't offer much more, because the necessity of using the flash has severely limited the options for both of us. I'll look forward to seeing another shot of your Mom taken in natural light, if you can find an opportunity to submit one!
Cheers,
Paul

The Firmament Shows His Handiwork1: Worship in Red!
by 777STAN

Comment by hotpasta:
yes it does! nice shot

The Firmament Shows His Handiwork1: Worship in Red!
by 777STAN

Comment by carpents:
Nice, but lacks contrast I think, and has strange patterns from the reflections.

Green for Christmas!
by 777STAN

Comment by fotomann_forever:
***Greetings from Critique Club***

After reading your comments, I see my original assumption that you were trying to make someone look like the Grinch was offf.

I can give ya a quick tip though. When shooting for ambience, you need to manually set your white balance.

I see you "resized to fit specs". Your image is a bit small. DPC allows the longest side to be 640 pixels at up to 150kb. There is a tuturial Here..

For handheld with low light, it seems you got the focus well and was able to stay away from motion blur. That takes a steady hand, so good work there.

Don't let the low score get ya down. I can see potential here. Keep the challenge entries coming. Hope to see more work from you.

Take care,
Leroy

Mom Sees The Lights!
by 777STAN

Comment by graphicfunk:
A very nice capture. There is a touch of red eye but the starburst is nice. Bumping up.