Mum & son

[norwest]

A candid of a mother and very shy son at a recent community day. Converted to b&w

[biggerry]

Its a nice image which invokes some thoughts about the two, the little boy looks like he's thinking ('what the hell is this clown doing?!') but the mum looks proud relaxed and happy.

I would be interested in seeing the original colour version and/or a more contrasty BW (not much more just a bit more). I am not a fan of vignetting when it is immediately obvious, as it is with this image, try applying vignetting in a more random fashion (ie vary intensity depending on the BG in that corner) on each corner and adjust the feathering, i find this often helps reducing the notice-ability of it.

A slightly tighter crop would also suit here too, really lock the viewer in and particularly shut out that top left corner...

[norwest]

Thanks gerry and agree with your comments.

Redone b&w plus the colour version, which i didn't mind, just thought the portrait might suit b&w.

[Matt. K]

I prefer the original image and think that the processing was just fine. What I like about the image is that the photographer allowed the subject to speak for itself.....and when it comes to poeple pics that's all that is required. People are intrinsically interesting.

[zafra52]

I too prefer the original. I like the colour and
the relaxed attitude of the subjects. It is visibly
a posed photograph, not a candid one.

[biggerry]

I much prefer the cropped colour version

For me, in this case, the colour version gives the scene more warmth and character (if thats possible) which is more fitting for the two people in the frame. A BW conversion here, for me, feels tacky and a wannabe fine art portrait, whereas it is simply a good solid family shot and should be portrayed as such.

[norwest]

Tanks people. My apologies for incorrectly labelling the shot a candid. It's actually a 'May i quickly get a shot of yourself and your son while your sitting on the edge of the fairway in the cool shade of a tree and enjoying the community outing?' shot.