It's a very good shot and there really isn't much to criticize. The worst I can come up with is that the texture of the boys face seems to be somewhat un-resolved but I can't tell if this is from jpeg compression or what, that's what jumps out at me. Of course, I've been looking at those 8x10 portraits someone posted so maybe it's not fair. Anyhow, my first impression of a fault was that there was a slight lack of resolution probably stemming from the jpeg file. Other than that you probably should have completely excluded the small portion of the building to the left or included more of it. I would go for complete exclusion, since I find the bright sky to have an interesting effect in this photo. What would have been better perhaps would have been to move to your right and frame the boy completely in the empty space behind him. Just a step to your right and being sure to avoid the building to the left of course.
-Shawn -----Original Message----- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 7:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - That Darn Ball! It's that ball again ... it's appeared in so many photos of the kids from the old neighborhood in San Francisco. http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/paw/boy_with_ball.html As always, comments, criticisms, and the tossing of tomatoes are welcome. Shel Belinkoff
