Photo Critique #116

Photo Critique #116

on Dec 23rd 2011 with 10 comments

Friday Photo Critique is our weekly community project, where we publish a photograph submitted by one of our wonderful readers, then ask you all to offer constructive feedback on the image. It’s a great way to learn more about photography, express your viewpoint, and have your own image critiqued!

Quick Ground Rules

  1. Play nice! We’ve deliberately chosen photographs that aren’t perfect, so please be constructive with any criticism.
  2. Feel free to offer any type of advice – composition, lighting, post-processing etc.
  3. You can also link to photographs that you feel offer a great example of this type of image shot exceptionally well.

Without further ado, here is this week’s candidate for Friday Photo Critique!

The Photograph

Photo Details & Inspiration

  • Canon Rebel T1i
  • 50mm
  • f/2.8
  • 1/50
  • ISO 400

Trying to capture nice moments of the mother-and-baby relationship.

Photographer: Kiran Panga

Please let us know what you think in the comments – how would you have approached the scene or taken the photo differently? A massive thank you to everyone who commented last week.

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I was raised in the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio. After high school, I left for Western Kentucky University where I obtained degrees in photojournalism and cultural anthropology. I am currently employed by CityBeat, an arts and entertainment weekly in Cincinnati. The work I am doing here is very rewarding and I suspect it will continue to be. I am available for freelance work in all areas of photography.  

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  • Barry V

    Nice shot though I would have liked to see the full face.

    • https://www.facebook.com/kiran.panga Kiran Chand Panga

      Thanks for valuable feedback. i will keep improving my photography..

  • http://www.quillaja.net Ben

    The photo is good, but I think it might have been better to have put the hand/finger on the right 1/3rd line and included more of the baby’s face. I do like that the baby is put in the background by the shallow DOF.

  • http://qzyxya.deviantart.com Qzyxya

    I love it! :D

  • http://www.camerasz.com/ aprilio

    nice picture..I very like it..You photographers profesioanal Kiran Panga
    sorry if my english is not good, because it’s not my main language

  • http://vaibhavkotak.deviantart.com/ Vaibhav Kotak

    The face is getting cut off right when the eye begins, so that’s kinda disturbing. Just moving the camera over until the whole face was in the frame and the finger was in the right third would’ve been nice. And if both of the criteria can’t be met at the same time, you could’ve tried rotating camera until they did. The thumb probably wouldn’t be in the frame, but it would’ve been better, I think.

  • http://www.philcrean.com Phil Crean

    Superb photo…only thing I would do is crop across the top just below the white space between the fingers in the hand; and crop down the right side a fraction right of the baby’s hand. Gives it much more impact.

    Phil

  • Kiran Chand Panga

    Thanks for valuable feedback and i will keep improving my photography..

  • http://www.awesomephotos.co.za Rihann

    Good shot Kiran. I have to agree with the guys that suggested that you reposition the photo in order to see the whole face of the child.

  • http://m-dayton.com M Dayton

    Personally…I think it’s a wonderful shot and I wouldn’t change a thing!