Happiness, a photo from Aragua, West

Photographer's Note

Another photo of the same kid from yesterday. They saw me camera as I was walking around one fine morning around dawn. Right away they grabbed me and asked me to take their pictures. Having only bought the camera a few days ago, I was still trying to figure out how best to use it. Between him and his friend I must of shot 100 photos. I guess you can say they were my first subjects with the DSLR.

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Paolo (41258) 2005-05-03 12:03

Wonderful portrait Mark!
really wonderful!
great focus on the eyrs, and fantastic contrast between the face and the right side of the picture!
thanks, ciao

khmelins (960) 2005-05-03 12:04

i like his eyes but imo the dof it too shallow and also the cropped mouth looks strange..
nice colours.
anton

rbcy1974 (20758) 2005-05-03 12:29

Hi Mark,
I like this one better than yesterday's. I think that the close focus on some of the kid's features as well as the very blurred background are great. I do agree with Khmelins that a fuller mouth would be nicer, bit still great shot.

Paker (2650) 2005-05-03 12:39

i've heard once.... just as long the focus is on eyes - that is all that matters.
And it is! Although there are same areas which are not but I think this is just fine (I exprience the same 'problems').
Again, beautiful portrait, love the softness... even though it is done with a digital camera.
Again.... the crop a little bit too high. Lips are part of his smile too.. to bad you did not include them.

sorry, out of little green smiley faces

regards,
Krzysztof

ndb1958 (9289) 2005-05-03 14:10

Hi Mark, it's a nice portrait. I like the blury and colourful background. Nino

hispic (9658) 2005-05-03 20:02

Great bright smile with the comfortable blur in the background!
Beautiful color and so cool composition.

Ah_Thong (466) 2005-05-03 22:29

very nice portrait photo there Mark.. i like the composition very much.. the colors are nice..and also excellent DOF control!!! tfs

Cruize (0) 2005-05-03 22:46

Very nice Mark. I like your DOF and colours. This kids eyes show his happiness so you could probably get away with cropping the mouth. Why don't you try it in a WS...I'd be interested in seeing the result.

Well done...regards