My new pics

[bigsarg7]

Hi everyone, just posting some of my latest work, most of which i love. Some are overexposed in certain areas, but i think they add to the image, but please help me by critiqueing the work for me. Thanks everyone.

[Glen]

 BS I think your first shot is better than the 2nd because of the light on the child's face, the light and shadows create form. I notice you favour the chopped forehead look, again not sure it totally works on the 2nd. A big improvement over the shots you first posted

[bigsarg7]

Thanks Glen, I agree about the 2nd image, it was by an error of being distracted while taking the image that my finger pushed the shoot button down fully resulting in the shot, i would havve prefered the whole face/forehead in the shot, but i still love the smile (being the mum makes me bias though!!) I totally agree in regards to the first shot with the light creating form, you don't think its over exposed too much? I only wish i could edit out the hair across the mouth, still learning cs2.
Do you think the warming filter i added to the old man image too warm? i loved it when i first shot it, although i warmed it up i think too much in cs2, would you agree?

Thanks again glen.

kristen

[Glen]

Kristen agree there are some hot spots in the first but the eye contact is so strong it overcomes these. I find the filter too warm, but that is personal taste. I thought it may have just been a late sunset shot.

[aim54x]

I like #1 and #4 the eye contact in these are really good. I agree with the presence of hot spots in #1 but they are not too distracting. The warming of #3 is a tad over done, but it does give a great emotion to the shot. Well done

[gstark]

#1, but crop it at the chin.

#3, this would have been better shot with some fill flash to help you deal with the contrasts of the shadows on the forehead. That was a very difficult shoot, btw. Also, as much as I love the exression on the gentleman's face, I cannot see with whom he's interacting, and that spoils this shot for me. It's almost a story, but it's missing an essential element.