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Good compositional line on left to right horizontal; grabs the attention. Lack of yellows/ reds introduces a surreal tone to the scene - dreamlike.

Since there is so little color in this image, I thought it might look good as a b/w. Hope you don't mind another version. Cheers, Sondra

Love this. Love the desaturation here. Im a sucker for undersaturation, but the composition would have gotten me anyway. Great job.

The composition here is outstanding. I'll vote for a completely unsaturated version, such as provided by Sondra Kicklighter -- partial desaturation always seems a little gimmicky, unnatural and detracts just a little from what is an outstanding photo.

 

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John (Crosley)

It was taken around 3 PM (?) and the light is a little harsh. Minus 2 or 3 f-stops could give such a result. The photos in a strong sunlight are always tricky but here the undersaturation creates some mood that nicely complements the well built composition. BTW, wouldn't the composition be even better if the bush on the right was cropped out ? Regards. Blago

Very pleasing composition. I like a lot the layered vision that is given to me here. Maybe it could have a little more vivid colors, but it would also give a different photo. Still, I would like to see it with more bright colors. This little boy really feel relaxed while the little girl really looks energic. Nice contrast on this!

Agree w/ previous comments, outstanding composition as it is, B&W and color versions just play different, but still work excellently both of them, boy in foreground and girl in backgrnd with that cloud, apart from overall scene, is what makes it for me, GREAT!

That is wondderful!

Terrific composition, but the monochrome version is much better than the original.

Fantastic mood!

Very good!

Seven, Sondra, Jennifer, John, Blagoy, Stephane, Ferrando, Sufyan, Robert, Mehmet, and Natasha, Thanks very much for your nice and helpful feedback. I really appreciate it. I too like Sondra's fine B/W conversion. To me both versions have their merit.

Cheers, Michael

I think is really a fantastic composition. Congrats.

Very Good.

...fantastica! complimenti!

Basso, Baldur, Martino, thanks very much for your kind comments. Regards, Michael

Great photo. It really works for me all around! Bravo!

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Nothing to add except another bit of praise, I love the drama of this pic and top marks for

composition.

 

I too think a full colour or full B+W would be better....to me, it screams PHOTOSHOP! too

loudly in this semi-desaturated state.

Strong composition and the elements within have the strength of a narrative. When I first glanced at this picture, I thought the boy might have been imported into the scene via Photoshop. In looking carefully, what gave me the impression was that the shadows on the right side of the boy's face seems lighter than it should be in such a harsh light. I'm not saying I think the boy is imported, I'm sure he isn't, I'm just saying my first impression included an unreality about the scene. If there is anything that is instinctive in a viewer it might well be their awareness of inconsistences of light.

I love the contrasting scales between the boy, the girl, and the castle. I find myself wanting to put the girl on the same plane as the castle in the background. That makes her a giant, even though the boy in the foreground is "normal" sized and much larger in the picture. She's stomping around back there, and might just come over and squish him!

I concer with Malcom (above), the size of the little girl compared with the castle really does it for me, I like a picture that makes me laugh a little.

I for one like the desaturated look... It really adds to the dreamlike quality of the scene. There is clearly bright sun beating down on the children, and the desaturation echoes what sometimes happens when the sun washes out a scene. I love it.

Same as above; either fully desaturate, or full color. Otherwise, great shot!