critique appreciated, thanks in advance :)

waahhhh.. what is this?

sorry, i'm having trouble attaching the photo(s) for critique.
can't find instructions in the sticky... :(

an exercise at saving a snapsot. how did i do?
so far, i can only manage thumbnails.

sorry, i'm having trouble attaching the photo(s) for critique.
can't find instructions in the sticky... :(

an exercise at saving a snapsot. how did i do?
so far, i can only manage thumbnails.

are you using flickr as your photohost? try to click the yellow button with the mountain logo, then post the url of the image.. then remove "?v=0" at the end of the url. Goodluck.

thanks ryan!

an exercise at saving a snapshot of a budding friendship ...

before
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2406/2210366934_13627569b1_m.jpg

after
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2340/2210367148_029c0507fd.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2201/2210485042_3d21f229b3.jpg

There you go. Now you can post your pictures! ^_^
You got a nice concept here, although for me it was poorly executed. (It's just me, stick around and you'll hear more comments from the others) From the 3 pictures you've posted, I would have to go with the third one (monochrome version). If you could have frame the two kids alone together with the shadow cast and with ONLY the tiled ground as background (a bit aerial view), i think it could have been better. Well, this is just me. Wait for other's comment. Critiques makes us grow!

I know that this is a spur of the moment shot so I have to say that you did ok for the amount of time that you've got. At least you managed to took a photo before the kids walked into that shady area, thus capturing those terrific shadows beneath them.

I'd pick the monochrome version since I think the colors don't work well with each other. And it's a lot more dramatic.

Then I would crop it further down to hide the hands so that only the legs, the tiles, and the children's shadows could be seen. I think this would make the viewer focus more on the shadows, and the photo deliver a much subtler message.

This however means cropping out about 90% of the original photo. Please be warned that I've got a weird & unconventional aesthetic. :Grin: