Blowin' Smoke

As part of his 8th birthday celebration, the young man was visiting

the San Francisco Exploratorium - a hands-on science museum. Here he,

and three other children who are off frame, are blowing smoke rings

at one of the exhibits. His face says it all; he was mesmerized by

this and the other exhibits that day.

A very focused situation where you have catched his impression at the right moment. Nice. Good technique by the way.

My favorite of this set of shots. I think this one would be particularly strong in a square format, cropped a bit at the right to really focus the shot on him. As long as you got the curve in the smoke, I don't think you need the whole ball of smoke at top.

Hi Sam,

 

Thank you very much for the critique.

 

I agree your crop would be a good one.

 

I am working under an unstated constraint. All the photos I post are scans of prints made in a traditional darkroom. I require that they all fit on standard 8x10 paper (in the scans I have removed the borders). This constraint makes it easier for my friends to file, and in some cases frame, these photos.