Poverty and Dignityby
diegohsComment by HBunch: *Critique Club*
I notice a couple things here. First off, the focus. It does seem to be clearer and sharper on the shoes in the background, and the girl is not very well in focus. i think I'd have prefered this to be the opposite way. With the girl in focus and the shoes slightly out of focus. Either that, of the entire photo in focus. That way, we can see the detail of the girl, and still see the expensive price of the shoes in the background.
Also, the lighting is a bit bright in a few places. on her left hand (our right) and that side of the instrument, the lighting is quite harsh. It looks as if she is pushing puttons, but because of the light, we can't really see what's going on there. The shadow on her face almost covers up what looks to be a precious expression. Really full of emotion here.
The angle and framing/cropping is good to include the shoes, but you have cropped a small part off her elbow. I wonder also if you could have rotated this a bit to the right, as everything seems to tilt to the left. I feel like the bowl is going to slide right out of the photo.
A truely touching shot. As for meeting the challenge, if this is what you think of when you think HOME, then who am I to say otherwise.
~Heather~
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