William

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  Jersey Vic

• Oct 24, 2007

It looks great either way and I think it depends on whether you want a portrait or a scene. It changes the dynamics that much.

 

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  jovo

• Oct 24, 2007

" know that some of my viewers on other places think that the two trees on the left steal to much attention..."

Those are viewers who do not understand repetition and rhythm. This is very well done. The child is beautifully captured; the trees echo his implacable stance. He is the subject illuminated with the strongest contrast....the trees are obviously subordinate. Bravo!

 

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  b1ltr1te

• Oct 24, 2007

The trees change the visual relationship of the child to the viewer in a positive manner. I enjoy the visual movement created by their presence in this image.

 

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  Stoo Batchelor

• Oct 24, 2007

I am not one for portraits, because I am not very good at them.

Making photographs of children is all the more difficult, something I am also not very good at.

I think this is because it takes a lot of thought and patience to come up with something original and thought provoking, along with something that can be kept and cherished for a lifetime.

I believe, for what my opinion is worth, that you have ticked all the boxs that I never can.

I think this is a wonderful photograph that has all of the above and is also beautifully printed.

Thanks for sharing.

Stoo

 

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  MVNelson

• Oct 24, 2007

I agree with all of the above...



Miles

 

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  barbara ann

• Oct 24, 2007

You're all going to hate me, but I say lose the trees! I just want to let my eyes linger on that beautiful child and those trees keep nagging at the corner of my eye, spoiling my concentration. He is SO perfect. Why have the trees in competition with him? They simply don't belong there...

 

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  brummelisa

• Oct 25, 2007

@all. Thanks very much for your comments. The more I think about it I think that the trees add the little extra. Otherwize it would just have been an empty scene on the left side (which naturally could have changed with a different position of the camera).

@Barbara Ann, No I will not hate you. I fully respect your feeling and can at the same time understand you. But I just like it more with the trees. But that feeling can always change

/ Marcus

 

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  SuzanneR

• Oct 25, 2007

I love this as is, and feel the trees are part of his dream. A wonderful work, and something you and he will cherish for some time!

 

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  dim

• Oct 26, 2007

Very good as is. My opinion is that if you could burn the background (except the trees on the left) it would be much more improved.

 

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  brummelisa

• Oct 26, 2007

Thanks Dim. Do you mean the grass too?

/ Marcus