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Exposure Date: 2012:08:22 17:31:13;
Make: NIKON CORPORATION;
Model: NIKON D700;
Exposure Time: 1/250.0 seconds s;
FNumber: f/2.8;
ISOSpeedRatings: ISO 800;
ExposureProgram: Other;
ExposureBiasValue: +715827882 1/3
MeteringMode: Other;
Flash: Flash did not fire;
FocalLength: 130.0 mm mm;
FocalLengthIn35mmFilm: 130 mm;
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows;

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Very striking image.  She is nicely placed in the frame, well lit, eyes clear and sharp, tentative and engaging expression and motion. I like the way she is emerging from behind the tree.  A strong sense of personality here. She also stands out due to your use of vignetting/lens falloff.  The control of light and the level of sharpness/clarity of her features and clothing also makes her stand out and is pronounced to the point of lending a subtle air of surreality, which may or may not have been your intention.   A portrait to be proud of, whether your daughter or not. Nicely done.

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The light, the expression on her face and the gesture of her hand are perfectly captured. Well done. She is very cute.

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I think Steve critiqued this capture very well Art. One minute she is so serious and another she is like a playful and inquisitive little 'fairly' that suddenly appears from behind a tree. I can almost imagine her turning and running in another direction, with her wonderful 'giggles' singing in the air. Lovely work Art!

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The low key and the lighting within that, the design and ubiquitous detail, even the hand gesture conspire to provide a gothic sense in this treatment of your daughter. It sends me into an almost mythological realm, the shadows as if vying to but not hiding her gentle face whiled succeeding more to enshroud her jacket in their clutches. Her expression protects her a bit but there is enough doubt to be worrying still. Dark and so alone, she is lost but hopeful, reaching ever outward.

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I see no Gothic subculture and neither Gothic Romantism in this scene, but maybe I'm just too near to its roots.
What I see is a marvelous shot of a small girl playing hide-and-go-seek, who just have come forward searching for the reaction coming. Her questioning face and eyes and her small hand gesture are what makes this photo communicate with the viewer. Beautifully seen and shot.

The composition, with the deep dark verticals on each side and the full light and not least details of the left side of the tree and the girl with here knitted clothes and bonnet is just perfectly made, in my eyes.
I'm among those that always would proclaim that nothing in photography is perfect, but can always be improved. In this case I'm at odds with what could be done.
Looking forward seeing the reactions coming.

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There is something very special in this child. First the light is perfect in my eyes, soft on one hand ,but all the details are there! Her cloths have a very unusual beauty and are even peeping a little on the RHS from where she is coming out, and last but not least !,is her face ,her eyes and gesture like asking' what do I have to do next?"( this is my imagination activity...).

This IS a most beautiful child photo that I did not see for a long time.

Art, I like your work in general, your manipulated, and more so your deep understanding of your animals photography.
Congratulations !

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There is something very special in this child. First the light is perfect in my eyes, soft on one hand ,but all the details are there! Her cloths have a very unusual beauty and are even peeping a little on the RHS from where she is coming out, and last but not least !,is her face ,her eyes and gesture like asking' what do I have to do next?"( this is my imagination activity...).

This IS a most beautiful child photo that I did not see for a long time.

Art, I like your work in general, your manipulated, and more so your deep understanding of your animals photography.
Congratulations !

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There is something very special in this child. First the light is perfect in my eyes, soft on one hand ,but all the details are there! Her cloths have a very unusual beauty and are even peeping a little on the RHS from where she is coming out, and last but not least !,is her face ,her eyes and gesture like asking' what do I have to do next?"( this is my imagination activity...).

This IS a most beautiful child photo that I did not see for a long time.

Art, I like your work in general, your manipulated, and more so your deep understanding of your animals photography.
Congratulations !

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There is something very special in this child. First the light is perfect in my eyes, soft on one hand ,but all the details are there! Her cloths have a very unusual beauty and are even peeping a little on the RHS from where she is coming out, and last but not least !,is her face ,her eyes and gesture like asking' what do I have to do next?"( this is my imagination activity...).

This IS a most beautiful child photo that I did not see for a long time.

Art, I like your work in general, your manipulated, and more so your deep understanding of your animals photography.
Congratulations !

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As most already have said, it is a nice shot but Anders wanted something ;))

The only thing that really bothers me here--wonder about it in a print or bigger--is the over the top textural detail in the fabric of the sweater and the hat. There are times that we covet such detail but here, it just seems to pull ones attention--it did mine. It might be the upload/jpeg compression on this site, but it has become a bit of an issue IMO. It's a nice shot, well done in other respects, I just hope this wasn't the result of over shapening as the result is less than optimal.

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I see there an adorable child portraiture. A so delicate and natural posture of this cute little girl.
The treatment of the image is perfect to evoke this play hide-and-go-seek, a little bit too dark but working well.
A suggestion would be to crop the upper part of the image the way the girl's look could be in the high third part of the picture. This would make a better composition, imho.
Anyway this a a very pleasant picture.

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I like this picture. The child appears to be playing peek-a-boo with the photographer. Her beautiful custom knit attire, hand position and wonderful expression is so endearing, this is bound to be a treasured family photo for generations. Kudos to the photographer for the vision and precise timing of the exposure to catch all these elements.

The edges are burned down a bit too much for my taste. I had to look closely to see that the structure she is standing behind is actually a tree. As such, it darkens the mood of this light-hearted scene somewhat. I like to burn the edges to give focus to the subject but I think a lighter touch could have been used here. The composition is fine but a slightly tighter crop would still give plenty of air to the subject and added the emphasis that I think was trying to be achieved with the heavy edge burn. Otherwise, this is a charming portrait of this adorable child.

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It's the look of trusting anticipation in the little girl's face that I find so appealing in Art's photograph. It's a look that slowly fades as a child matures and learns that there is more out there in the world than protective parents. I think Art has caught that "decisive moment" when the initial look and hand gesture first come around the tree to see the camera, and a second later I would expect a very different look from the child; it's a wonderful capture of childhood trust and innocence.

I often hear that the most important feature in a portrait (using the term broadly) are the eyes, and here they are in a slight shadow. For me, that only adds to the appeal and synchs very will with the child peeking around the tree. The empty darkened space on the left also adds to this sense of the photograph. I find the light to be exquisite on the girl and throughout the frame.

I can relate to Art's photograph as a parent, although these wonderful years of young childhood in my son are long past. Still, they remain strong in my memory, and I think that influences how I see and enjoy Art's photograph. I can't be completely objective in this regard, and I don't regret that at all.

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Pnina, the "time out" problem is a general problem I think many of us experience since some time. The file is uploaded during the very first "time out" message and arrives in the forum a little delayed !

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Pnina, I've had similar experience to Anders. When I get a time out when I'm submitting a comment, I close my browser immediately, then re-open it and go to the page on which I commented. Usually the comment is there and it's a way to avoid multiple comments. I never use my back button. I just close and reopen and navigate to the page.

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John, thanks, you saw it. Indeed the texture details of the sweater and especially the bonnet, are worrying and, when mentioned, do catch ones eye to the detriment of the very good elements of frame.

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John, I had that same thought as well, although I didn't mention it. My eyes were pulled to the detail, especially in the bonnet, and that pull was a bit too strong. I also agree with Louis in that I initially thought she was peering from behind a curtain or something with a pattern; only later did I realize it was a tree, so a lot of detail has been removed in processing to focus attention on the child. That's not a complaint, only an observation, as I think the little girl and the moment carry the photograph exceptionally well.

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Oh, I expect this to be frowned on or deleted, but, heck, I'm an old man and I don't care. I also have children, and I also admire animals, but that's where it ends for me. It would never occur to me to say that I took one of my kids to the zoo, and found him "more captivating" than the animals. There is something, to me, inherently depraved about that statement. First, the animals in the zoo and not "residents", but chained there against their will. If they are unchained for a second, most of them would promptly trample that child to death. This is why they are chained up. There is nothing in common between us and them, and to adopt such cutesy expressions toward them, as if they are residents in a boarding school, IMO, severely misrepresents the relationship, which is simply one of bondage. They are not in bondage because we think highly of them; on the contrary, we believe they are less than humans, which is why we treat them in ways we would blush to treat humans, and this, IMO, while stating matters brutally, is stating them correctly. There is zero relationship between my child and a chained up animal, and to pretend otherwise is dangerous, IMO.
While I do not think this is what the photographer meant--nor do I have any reason to suggest he harbors such thoughts--I believe it is that sort of anthropomorphic view of animals that would lead a grown human being to leave his toddler on the shore of a fast rushing river, then drown by diving into that river to save the family dog. I expect the usual crowd to assail me with, "well, I know a lot of people less worthy than my dog", but while I generally follow the maxim of letting people think what they will, I have learned to regard such comments that demeans the value of human beings over animals to one of the great tragedies of our time. Hitler, for instance, prided himself on his kindness to animals, but had no problems subjecting human beings to horrible forms of inhumanity. Anyway, those are my two cents. I will not delve into what I like about the technical quality of the image, as if I did that, the tyrannic gatekeepers here at pnet would simply lop off this portion of the comment with a wag of the finger and leave the other part in. So, I will deny them that pleasure. If the thought police want to get me, let me leave on my shield like Jock Sturges did: you get all of me, or none of me.

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