Angola - beachboys (Enlarge)

This was shot in Lobito (Angola).

Thanks for your c/c.

If you don't have the financial resources to buy a boat, you have the personal and innovative ways to build your boat. Interesting series.

Hello Joao

I like the casual energy of the image. Good colour, sharpness and placement of the subjects. I like the smiles and poses of the subjects. A couple of thoughts. First I might suggest cropping some of the dead space off the left side and a bit of the sky. I might lower the contrast and do a bit of dodge and burning. I did a quick edit to show what I mean, just my 2 cents.

Regards

Greg

Despite the harsh light you managed to portray a lovely picture of happiness and going down, even below the level of the children, to take the shot was a very good idea. I am also glad that you made no attempt to get rid of the various items on the beach; too many photos are ‘beautified’ and they do not look real. The little one, on the far right of the picture adds more depth and because of the child’s size, it does not overwhelm the composition. To my eye the crop is good, as it gives the viewer the feeling of the expanse of the nature the children are enjoying. In all a lovely picture my friend. Well done.

Interesting shot, nice colors!

Very nice shot. I agree with the crop of Gregory.

Gregory/Verena, Gregory Leeming, Dimitris, Svetlana and Raymond: Thanks for your comments and tips, they are very important to me. Different opinions about something are natural and part of our human life...Best regards to all of you!