Young Headache

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Nicely cropped and composed. The fading background makes the subject jump out of the frame. Very good.

The first plan with the little girl is excellent, but I am not so sure about the tree in the background, seems overexposed with less details??!??!?!

Biliana

Howard, I like the fresh composition on this. The overall effect is nice. Biliana's comment certainly has merit, but all in all I think this is a success. ^_^

I too like this fresh composition & her expressive face. Putting her at the side of the frame really makes her stand out.

Different from your style Howard, I like the way you anew find ways to express your peoples portraits.Photographing her that way realy accetuate her in contract of the blured ( a bit too much IMO) background. nice work

..pls tell Howard (3-times) that he's great

I agree with Biliana on this one. I think if you lose the tree and key out the background your result will be potent!

 

Warren

What happens if I do this?

Howard- First- I love the title! Since I have the advantage of seeing the backround both ways, I think I've got to be difficult and say that I like the whited out backround. It feels so empty. At first I thought "it needs something". But then after I thought a bit and correlated it with your title "Young Headache", if taken literally, the empty brightness IS the headache. When I get a headache, it feels like everything is very bright and it hurts my eyes and makes me feel worse! So...... maybe, just for fun, I might add a large Tylenol bottle...... it would make a wonderful advertisement!

Howard , I prefer the first version, I think that a bit more contrast to the background will solve the problem..

I'm with Jayme - in the first version, my eyes want to go to the background and stay there. The girl seems secondary. Maybe if you go the opposite way and darken the background substantially instead of lightening it, it could work better.

Cool shot Howard. It does have a tad different feel than your norm. I love the offset girl. Good framing there. (I'm a right off-centered type myself or so it seems to be a reoccuring theme in my people shots.) This is a real hard call for me. I like the affect of having somethign in the background as it seems to provide balance but the blown out background is a touch distracting. Was it intentional? If so, I think I can see the reasoning of it. It might have been too distracting to leave it at a normal balance. I'm not as keen on the whited out rendition as I am the first submission. Hard call. nice picture though. She grabs your attention and the personality she offers overcomes a lot of the shortfalls of the background.

I like the original ..!

Howard, beautiful image and caption with double meaning. I also like the orginal version.

She's gorgeous!! Glad her grandpa loves her so much!! :-)

great cut! very good expression))