What you're seeing on the lad's face is a skin condition. It is on numerous other photos of him. I usually touch those up but decided to let it pass last night as i was learning a new program and some new techniques.
The photo is framed exactly the way i wanted it framed. There's a relationship between the boy and the clothes line that is important to the photo, as it's part of the story, as are the pants hanging from another line. Framing the kid with nothing but empty space behind him is not the photo I wanted. It would say little or nothing about his environment, of which he's a part. Thanks for your comments. Shel Belinkoff > [Original Message] > From: Shawn K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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.
