Hi! > something about the look on the kid's face interests me. it's like > he's there because "he has to be". he'd rather be with his buddies > playing x-box or watching tv or something - anything! - but where he > is. but there he is, out of a sense of obligation. > > that's my take on it, anyway. > > i like it.
I agree with what Frank's said. It is this sense of being forced that can clearly be read on the boy's face... I think I would probably crop off somewhat on the left because half-person there is distracting... I don't mind half-person OOF, but the one on the left is too sharp ;-). Then there is a question of the boy on the background on the LHS, which looked at you when you took the picture. It probably means that you might have stepped a bit to the right so as to exclude the half-boy on the left and give more prominence to the boy on the back.. This would add a bit of conflict between these two boys. I would also consider cropping some off the bottom... I generally dislike limbs that are neither fully in the frame nor fully out of it... But then again, I have this peculiar tendency to crop to square... And of course cropping is just another way of seeing which makes my comments somewhat irrelevant... As usual, Shel's advise comes to mind - make as many takes as possible while on location. Edit later - digital film does not cost money ;-). I should say - this is interesting picture to analyze... Well done! -- Boris
