Eat Up, Son
by rhung

Comment by marycciu:
Looks like he wants to eat Mommy too!

Enigma
by rhung

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

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
Nice portrait Simple and effective.

Composition:
I like that the fan takes of most of the composition allowing only the eyes to show. Very nice.

Subject:
The eyes become the subject in this photo and you have successfully isolated them.

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Artistically I like this shot but, you do have some technicals issues.
Color: A bit warm for my taste. The halogens put off a rather warm light that using a tungsten WB doesn't completely compensate for. The only way to deal with this in-camera is a custom WB.
Focus: Eyes are a little soft, I think a bit of USM in photoshop would have given them a sharper look.
Light: It comes across a bit flat. I'm not sure what position the light source was in, but I'd probably move it a bit more off center.

To grow its vote?:
I think voters were expecting more dramatic lighting (often sidelighting) and your photo while lit by a single light source doesn't have that pop.

Summary:
Nice portrait. Very artistic, a few technical issues, but overall nice.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy

Enigma
by rhung

Comment by trnqlty:
Seems the eyes are a little soft and could be helped by some sharpening.

Enigma
by rhung

Comment by KiwiShotz:
Good work not letting the light colours of the fan get overexposed

Enigma
by rhung

Comment by JulieG:
For me this works better with the bottom part of the fan taken away. Good though.

Enigma
by rhung

Comment by ShutterPug:
Nice focus and composition. Great catch lights in the eyes. The eyes say a lot and are crisp and clear. I dont really think the dark scarf/hood on the head goes well with the fan - they just dont compliment each other.

Enigma
by rhung

Comment by Ken:
Good job on the composition and they eyes. It's as if she's looking straight at me. The picture looks a bit flat - the dark covering on the upper left looks as if it's cutting through her instead of covering her.

Enigma
by rhung

Comment by Tej:
Beautiful eyes but the focus seems to be little softer. Hope this does well for you. Goodluck.7.

Guardian
by rhung

Comment by arsenal:
this is a very interestig photo, i like how you imply the guard in the tatoo and the guard in yourself over the baby, this is really nice

Guardian
by rhung

Comment by timfythetoo:
Alot of amazing shots in this challenge, but this by far is the best straight forward portrait out there. No photoshop tricks (at least that I can tell) and no funny gimmicks. Just an outstanding shot and my top pick of the challenge. Bumping up to a 10. Your family will treasure this forever - beautiful.