Portraits of a kid

[varunloiwal]

Hi

This pic is of my neighbour. Pretty cute kid.
Waiting for comments.

[otlasanju]

No doubt the kid is cute ,but i feel something is missing here, the pic is not appealing to me (Just a personal opinion) probably framing???

[bluehive]

Hi,

Good attempt! I liked the shot except the composition. Had you kept the kid's hand out of the frame, I feel the shot would be awesome.
Anyway, good one!

Thanks,
Vishal

[mayurcr]

Varun,
good attempt
What i would have preferred in the pic is to see a bit more of the chin. the crop is very odd.
Same with the hand would have preferred a bit more of the palm.

I like the BW treatment & the expression of the kid is captured well

[varunloiwal]

I am really thankful to all of you for your comments.
Attaching one more snap I took then. This one is a slightly wider shot. I didn't like it as much as the one I uploaded.

[mayurcr]

I like the second one .. the viewers attention in drawn to the hand which leads to the face.

[Dayanand]

Second Mayur's inputs.
The balance looks good between the dark and bright spaces in the pic. The catchlight in the eye adds more life to the pic. Good one

Cheers!!

[sumchamp]

Yeah looking side by side, 2nd definitely looks better.

[varunloiwal]

Hmm... I have got a lot to learn... I can't even judge which photograph looks better!! (I liked the first one more)

[mayurcr]

Varun.. good is a relative term. it is not necessary that ur fav is others fav to or visa versa.

Maybe it would help every one as to y u like a particular pic will lead to a good discussion and all off us will learn

[varunloiwal]

ok...
So i will tell you why i like the first one over the second one:
1. The left eye in the second pic is too close to the center. i prefer the first one in which the eye is a bit to the right of the frame.
2. I like to overfill the frame. co i cut the chin. only the hand is a bit distracting in the first snap.
3. The expressions are better in the first one.
4. background is too bright in the second.

[varunloiwal]

ok...
So i will tell you why i like the first one over the second one:
1. The left eye in the second pic is too close to the center. i prefer the first one in which the eye is a bit to the right of the frame.
2. I like to overfill the frame. co i cut the chin. only the hand is a bit distracting in the first snap.
3. The expressions are better in the first one.
4. background is too bright in the second.